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IUBMB LIFE
Volume 62, Issue 5, Pages 334-339Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/iub.316
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Parkinson's disease; toxicity; Lewy bodies; metal; copper
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Alpha-synuclein is a natively unfolded protein associated with a number of neurodegenerative disorders that include Parkinson's disease. In the past, research has focused on the fibrillar form of the protein. Current research now indicates that oligomeric alpha-synuclein is the form of the protein most likely to causes neuronal death. Recent research has suggested that a unique oligomer associated with the copper binding capacity of the protein is the neurotoxic form of the protein. This review looks at the evidence for this possibility. (C) 2010 IUBMB IUBMB Life, 62(5): 334-339, 2010
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