Enzyme Fights Mutated Protein in Inherited Parkinson’s Disease

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DR. MATTHEW GOLDBERG, PARKINSON'S DISEASE, PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE, ENYZME, NEUROLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, MUTATED PROTEIN, LRRK2, UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER

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An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson’s disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/553767/?sc=rsmn

Newswise — An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson’s disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

Their study, using human cells, provides a focus for further research into halting the action of the mutated protein. One of the most famous carriers of the mutation is Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who wrote about it on his blog in 2008.

“There are currently enormous efforts to identify potential therapies based on inhibiting this mutated protein,” said Dr. Matthew Goldberg, assistant professor of neurology and psychiatry and senior author of the paper, which appears online in the journal Public Library of Science.