Rab29-dependent asymmetrical activation of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2

H Zhu, F Tonelli, M Turk, A Prescott, DR Alessi, J Sun - Science, 2023 - science.org
Gain-of-function mutations in LRRK2, which encodes the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2
(LRRK2), are the most common genetic cause of late-onset Parkinson's disease. LRRK2 is …

Pharmacology of LRRK2 with type I and II kinase inhibitors revealed by cryo-EM

H Zhu, P Hixson, W Ma, J Sun - Cell Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
LRRK2 is one of the most promising drug targets for Parkinson's disease. Though type I
kinase inhibitors of LRRK2 are under clinical trials, alternative strategies like type II inhibitors …

Insights into the cellular consequences of LRRK2-mediated Rab protein phosphorylation

R Fasiczka, Y Naaldijk, B Brahmia… - Biochemical Society …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Point mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) which cause Parkinson's disease
increase its kinase activity, and a subset of Rab GTPases have been identified as …

RedOx regulation of LRRK2 kinase activity by active site cysteines

CR Trilling, JH Weng, PK Sharma, V Nolte, J Wu… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
Mutations of the human leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) have been associated with
both, idiopathic and familial Parkinson's disease (PD). Most of these pathogenic mutations …

[HTML][HTML] Protein kinase structure and dynamics: role of the αC-β4 loop

J Wu, NA Jonniya, SP Hirakis, C Olivieri, G Veglia… - biorxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although the αC-β4 loop is a stable feature of all protein kinases, the importance of this motif
as a conserved element of secondary structure, as well as its links to the hydrophobic …

Structure and regulation of full-length human leucine-rich repeat kinase 1

RD Metcalfe, JA Martinez Fiesco… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The human leucine-rich repeat kinases (LRRKs), LRRK1 and LRRK2 are large and
unusually complex multi-domain kinases, which regulate fundamental cellular processes …

Capturing the domain crosstalk in full length LRRK2 and LRRK2RCKW

E Störmer, JH Weng, J Wu, D Bertinetti… - Biochemical …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
LRR-kinase 2 (LRRK2) is a multi-domain protein with three catalytically inert N-terminal
domains (NtDs) and four C-terminal domains, including a kinase and a GTPase domain …

Structural insights into the GTP-driven monomerization and activation of a bacterial LRRK2 homolog using allosteric nanobodies

C Galicia, G Guaitoli, M Fislage, CJ Gloeckner… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Roco proteins entered the limelight after mutations in human LRRK2 were identified as a
major cause of familial Parkinson's disease. LRRK2 is a large and complex protein …

Biophysical analysis reveals autophosphorylation as an important negative regulator of LRRK2 dimerization

G Guaitoli, X Zhang, F Saitta, P Miglionico… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is a large, multi-domain protein which is associated
with Parkinson's disease. Although high-resolution structures of LRRK2 are available, little is …

Prognostic prediction model for esophageal cancer based on probability membrane systems

S Jiang, H Li, Y Wang, J Sun, H Liu - Journal of Membrane Computing, 2024 - Springer
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a clinically common heterogeneous
malignant tumor of the digestive system and also one of the diseases with a high incidence …