α-synuclein and cytosolic dopamine: stabilizing a bad situation

D Sulzer - Nature medicine, 2001 - nature.com
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The intriguing finding that α-synuclein—a protein recently found to be mutated in some
familial cases of Parkinson disease—and cytosolic dopamine interact to form adducts that
stabilize a presumably toxic intermediate of fibril formation provides clues into the
mechanism of neurodegeneration.
The intriguing finding that α-synuclein—a protein recently found to be mutated in some familial cases of Parkinson disease—and cytosolic dopamine interact to form adducts that stabilize a presumably toxic intermediate of fibril formation provides clues into the mechanism of neurodegeneration.
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