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In fact, expression of parkin is neuroprotective in a number of contexts, and there is even evidence for a beneficial effect of this E3 ligase on mitochondrial function (Shen and Cookson 2004).
The genes involved in recessive parkinsonism are, in order of discovery, parkin, DJ-1, and PINK1 . The three protein products of these genes all have different functions, thus implicating several different cellular functions in neuroprotection.
Unlike parkin or PINK1, there are no motifs within DJ-1 that hint strongly at a single function.
Furthermore, parkin does not just prevent α-synuclein toxicity: it is beneficial against several other stresses (discussed in Shen and Cookson 2004), leading to the possibility that this protein protects neurons against more than just the processes implicated in PD.
The identification of parkin's function was facilitated by the observation that the protein contains a RING finger (Zhang et al.
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