β-Synuclein: An enigmatic protein with diverse functionality

J Hayashi, JA Carver - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
α-Synuclein (αS) is a small, unstructured, presynaptic protein expressed in the brain. Its
aggregated form is a major component of Lewy bodies, the large proteinaceous deposits in …

Autophagy in synucleinopathy: the overwhelmed and defective machinery

ML Arotcarena, M Teil, B Dehay - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Alpha-synuclein positive-intracytoplasmic inclusions are the common denominators of the
synucleinopathies present as Lewy bodies in Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy …

Soluble α-synuclein is a novel modulator of Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology

ME Larson, MA Sherman, S Greimel… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Recent evidence has emphasized soluble species of amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau as pathogenic
effectors in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Despite the fact that Aβ, tau, and α-synuclein (αSyn) …

The Negatome database: a reference set of non-interacting protein pairs

P Smialowski, P Pagel, P Wong, B Brauner… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The Negatome is a collection of protein and domain pairs that are unlikely to be engaged in
direct physical interactions. The database currently contains experimentally supported non …

Molecular and cellular biology of synucleins

A Surguchov - International review of cell and molecular biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Synucleins are small, soluble proteins expressed primarily in neural tissues and certain
tumors. The family includes three known proteins: α‐synuclein, β‐synuclein, and γ …

Explorative combined lipid and transcriptomic profiling of substantia nigra and putamen in Parkinson's disease

H Xicoy, JF Brouwers, B Wieringa, GJM Martens - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons from the
substantia nigra (SN) that project to the dorsal striatum (caudate-putamen). To better …

To die or grow: Parkinson's disease and cancer

AB West, VL Dawson, TM Dawson - Trends in neurosciences, 2005 - cell.com
Epidemiological evidence suggests a reduced incidence of many common types of non-
smoking-related cancers in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Genes that underlie …

β-synuclein modulates α-synuclein neurotoxicity by reducing α-synuclein protein expression

Y Fan, P Limprasert, IVJ Murray… - Human molecular …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by fibrillar
aggregates of α-synuclein in characteristic inclusions known as 'Lewy bodies'. As mutations …

α-synuclein alters proteasome function, protein synthesis, and stationary phase viability

Q Chen, J Thorpe, JN Keller - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005 - ASBMB
α-Synuclein appears to play a role in mediating neurotoxicity in a number of
neurodegenerative disorders, collectively referred to as synucleinopathies. Most of these …

[HTML][HTML] The coherence between PSMC6 and α-ring in the 26S proteasome is associated with Alzheimer's disease

J Xiong, X Pang, X Song, L Yang… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a heterogeneous age-dependent neurodegenerative disorder.
Its hallmarks involve abnormal proteostasis, which triggers proteotoxicity and induces …