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 …

Inhibition of Parkinson's disease–related LRRK2 by type I and type II kinase inhibitors: Activity and structures

M Sanz Murillo, A Villagran Suarez, V Dederer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are a common cause of familial
Parkinson's disease (PD) and a risk factor for the sporadic form. Increased kinase activity …

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 …

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 …

Small molecule activates citrullination through targeting PAD2

X Zhang, M Shen, H Zhu, J Zhang… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Citrullination is a post-translational modification catalysed by peptidyl arginine deiminase
(PAD) enzymes, and dysregulation of protein citrullination is involved in various pathological …

Synthesis of 1-Methylcyclopropyl Aryl Ethers from Phenols Using an Alkenylation-Cyclopropanation Sequence

B Bueno, S Heurtaux, A Gagnon - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
1-Methylcyclopropyl aryl ethers (McPAEs) can be viewed as cyclized derivatives of their O-
tert-butyl counterparts. Although these compounds can find use in medicinal chemistry, they …

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 insight into G2019S mutated LRRK2 kinase and brain-penetrant type I inhibitor complex: a molecular dynamics approach

A Naskar, KK Bhanja, RK Roy… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
More than 40 mutations in the multidomain leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are found
and mutation G2019S in the kinase domain is the most concerned with Parkinson's disease …

Unveiling the Selectivity Mechanism of Type-I LRRK2 Inhibitors by Computational Methods: Insights from Binding Thermodynamics and Kinetics Simulation

S Tan, J Wang, P Gao, G Xie, Q Zhang… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the selectivity mechanisms of inhibitors toward highly similar proteins is very
important in new drug discovery. Developing highly selective targeting of leucine-rich repeat …

Decoding Inhibitor Egression from Wild-Type and G2019S Mutant LRRK2 Kinase: Insights into Unbinding Mechanisms for Precision Drug Design in Parkinson's …

A Naskar, RK Roy, D Srivastava… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) remains a viable target for drug development since
the discovery of the association of its mutations with Parkinson's disease (PD). G2019S (in …