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Parkin Products

Antibodies
Parkin Antibody (JF82-09)
Parkin Antibody (JF82-09)
Species: Hu, Mu, Rt
Applications: WB, Flow, ICC/IF, IHC, IP
Host: Rabbit Monoclonal
Parkin Antibody (1H4)
Parkin Antibody (1H4)
H00005071-M01
Species: Hu, Rt
Applications: WB, ELISA, ICC/IF
Host: Mouse Monoclonal
Parkin Antibody (PRK8)
Parkin Antibody (PRK8)
NBP2-29838
Species: Hu, Mu
Applications: WB, ICC/IF, IHC, IP
Host: Mouse Monoclonal
ELISA Kits
Human Parkin ELISA Kit (Color ...
Human Parkin ELISA Kit (Colorimetric)
NBP3-39268
Species: Hu
Applications: ELISA
Human Parkin - Ready-To-Use ...
Human Parkin - Ready-To-Use ELISA...
NBP3-39269
Species: Hu
Applications: ELISA
Lysates
Parkin Overexpression Lysate
Parkin Overexpression Lysate
NBL1-14105
Species: Hu
Applications: WB
Proteins
Recombinant Human Parkin pS65 ...
Recombinant Human Parkin pS65 Prot...
E3-166
Species: Hu
Applications: Bioactivity
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Recombinant Human Parkin Prot ...
Recombinant Human Parkin Protein, CF
E3-160
Species: Hu
Applications: Bioactivity
Formulation Catalog # Availability Price  
Recombinant Human Parkin His ...
Recombinant Human Parkin His Protein
NBP2-51533
Species: Hu
Applications: PAGE

Description

Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease with complex clinical features. Mutations in the gene, Parkin (PARK2), appear to be responsible for the pathogenesis of autosomal recessive juvenile Parkinsonism. Parkin plays a role in the ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic pathway by removal and/or detoxification of abnormally folded or damaged protein. Loss of this ubiquitin ligase activity appears to be the mechanism underlying pathogenesis of Parkin. Parkin may protect neurons against alpha synuclein toxicity, proteasomal dysfunction, gpr37 accumulation, and kainate-induced excitotoxicity. It may play a role in controlling neurotransmitter trafficking at the presynaptic terminal and in calcium-dependent exocytosis. Parkin also regulates cyclin e during neuronal apoptosis and may represent a tumor suppressor gene.

Bioinformatics

Uniprot Human
Human
Human
Human
Product By Gene ID 5071
Alternate Names
  • E3 ubiquitin ligase
  • E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase parkin
  • EC 6.3.2.-
  • LPRS2
  • parkin 2
  • parkin
  • Parkinson disease protein 2
  • Parkinson juvenile disease protein 2
  • parkinson protein 2, E3 ubiquitin protein ligase (parkin)
  • PDJjuvenile) 2, parkin

Research Areas for Parkin

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Alzheimers Research
Neurodegeneration
Neuronal Cell Markers
Neuroscience
Phospho-Specific

Related Parkin Blog Posts

Check out the latest blog posts on Parkin.
The role of Parkin and autophagy in retinal pigment epithelial cell (RPE) degradation
The root of Parkinson’s disease (PD) points to a poorly regulated electron transport chain leading to mitochondrial damage, where many proteins need to work cohesively to ensure proper function.  The two key players of this pathway are PINK1, ...    Read more.
Novus Antibodies Highlighted in Parkinson's Disease Research
Identified almost two centuries ago, Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that afflicts an estimated 4-6 million worldwide (www.parkinsons.org). The prevalence of Parkinson's disease is expected to grow considerably as the average age o...    Read more.
PINK1: All work and no fun
The protein PINK1 is a mitochondrial-located serine/threonine kinase (PTK) that maintains organelle function and integrity. It not only protects organelles from cellular stress, but it also uses the selective auto-phagocytosis process for cleaning and...    Read more.
PINK1: Promoting Organelle Stability and Preventing Parkinson's disease
PINK1 is a protein serine/threonine kinase (PTK) that protects the organelles from cellular stress and controls selective autophagy to clear damage. Exner, et al. were among the first to report that PINK1 deficiency in humans was linked to autosomal r...    Read more.
There's an autophagy for that!
By Christina Towers, PhDA critical mechanism that cells use to generate nutrients and fuel metabolism is through a process called autophagy.  This process is complex and involves over 20 different proteins, most of which are highly conserved acro...    Read more.
Optogenetic Control of Mitophagy: AMBRA1 based mitophagy switch
By Christina Towers, PhD Mitophagy in the BrainSelective autophagic degradation of damaged mitochondria, known as mitophagy, has been described as a cyto-protective process. Accordingly, defects in mitophagy h...    Read more.
New Players in the Mitophagy Game
By Christina Towers, PhD Mitochondrial turn over via the lysosome, otherwise known as mitophagy, involves engulfment of mitochondria into double membrane autophagosomes and subsequent fusion with lysosomes. Much is al...    Read more.
Understanding Mitophagy Mechanisms: Canonical PINK1/Parkin, LC3-Dependent Piecemeal, and LC3-Independent Mitochondrial Derived Vesicles
By Christina Towers, PhD What is Mitophagy?The selective degradation of mitochondria via double membrane autophagosome vesicles is called mitophagy. Damaged mitochondria can generate harmful amounts of reactive ox...    Read more.
PINK1 - performing mitochondrial quality control and protecting against Parkinson’s disease
PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) is a serine/threonine kinase with important functions in mitochondrial quality control. Together with the Parkin protein, PINK1 is able to regulate the selective degradation of damaged mitochondria through aut...    Read more.
Parkin - Role in Mitochondrial Quality Control and Parkinson's Disease
Parkin/PARK2 is a cytosolic enzyme which gets recruited to cellular mitochondria damaged through depolarization, ROS or unfolded proteins accumulation, and exert protective effects by inducing mitophagy (mitochondrial autophagy). Parkin induces mit...    Read more.
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