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PINK1-Phosphorylated Mitofusin 2 Is a Parkin Receptor for Culling Damaged Mitochondria

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Chen, Yun, Dorn, Gerald W.·2013·Science

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Where Parkin Parks: Damaged mitochondria are removed from cells in a process known as mitophagy. Failure of this quality-control mechanism contributes to Parkinson's disease. When damaged mitochondria lose membrane depolarization, the protein kinase, PINK1, accumulates on the mitochondrial surface, recruits Parkin, and promotes mitophagy. Chen and Dorn (p. 471 ) describe another component of this process, mitofusin 2, which appears to function as the receptor for Parkin on the surface of damaged mitochondria.

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Authors
Chen, Y., & Dorn, G. W.
Affiliations
Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author
Dorn, Gerald W.
Venue
Science
Published
2013-04-26
Volume
340
Issue
6131
Pages
471-475
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2086557228
Cited by
1,323
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 51 · 2025: 85 · 2024: 101 · 2023: 97 · 2022: 119 · 2021: 128 · 2020: 117 · 2019: 98 · 2018: 112 · 2017: 89 · 2016: 89 · 2015: 89 · 2014: 97 · 2013: 47 · 2012: 1
FWCI
78.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL059888, R21HL107276)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Keywords
PINK1, mitofusin 2, Parkin, mitophagy, selective autophagy, mitochondrial quality control, ubiquitination, mitochondrial depolarization, cardiomyopathy, respiratory dysfunction, Parkinson's disease
MeSH terms
PTEN-Induced Putative Kinase, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Autophagy, Drosophila melanogaster, Fibroblasts, Humans, Mice, Mutant Strains, Mitochondria, Mitochondria, Heart, Molecular Sequence Data, Cardiomyopathies, Phosphorylation, Protein Kinases, GTP Phosphohydrolases, Myocytes, Cardiac, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Mice, Ubiquitination, HEK293 Cells

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