α-synuclein oligomers interact with ATP synthase and open the permeability transition pore in Parkinson's disease.
Marthe HR Ludtmann,
Plamena R Angelova,
Mathew H Horrocks,
Minee L Choi,
Margarida Rodrigues,
Artyom Y Baev,
Alexey V Berezhnov,
Zhi Yao,
Daniel Little,
Blerida Banushi,
Afnan Saleh Al-Menhali,
Rohan T Ranasinghe,
Daniel R Whiten,
Ratsuda Yapom,
Karamjit Singh Dolt,
Michael J Devine,
Paul Gissen,
Tilo Kunath,
Morana Jaganjac,
Evgeny V Pavlov,
David Klenerman,
Andrey Y Abramov,
Sonia Gandhi
Oct 10, 2018
Protein aggregation causes α-synuclein to switch from its physiological role to a pathological toxic gain of function. Under physiological conditions, monomeric α-synuclein improves ATP synthase efficiency. Here, we report that...