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MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Volume 19, Issue 5, Pages 544-548Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10695
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Parkinson's disease; complex I; complex IV; mDNA
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The parkin protein functions as a RING-type ubiquitin protein ligase. Considering the possibility that impaired ubiquitin-proteosomal system activity may impair antioxidant defenses and enhance oxidative stress, we have investigated the activity of mitochondrial respiratory enzymes in patients with parkin gene mutations. A significant decrease in the leukocyte complex I activity was found both in patients with parkin mutations (62.5%) and idiopathic PD (64.5%) compared with age-matched controls (P < 0.001). Complex IV activity was also decreased significantly in idiopathic PD patients (60%), but no difference was detected between controls and patients with parkin mutations. (C) 2003 Movement Disorder Society.
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