Nature Neuroscience 9, 865 - 867 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nn0706-865
Nitro-PDI incites toxic waste accumulationMark P Mattson
The author is in the Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA. mattsonm@grc.nia.nih.gov
In Parkinson disease and related disorders, nitric oxide may disable PDI, an enzyme critical for proper protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum, resulting in the accumulation of damaged proteins and eventually neuronal death.
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