title: LRRK2 in Parkinson's disease: protein domains and functional insights.
abstract: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common motor neurodegenerative disease. Mutations in the gene encoding leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) have been linked recently with autosomal-dominant parkinsonism that is clinically indistinguishable from typical, idiopathic, late-onset PD. Thus, the protein LRRK2 has emerged as a promising therapeutic target for treatment of PD. LRRK2 is extraordinarily large and complex, with multiple enzymatic and protein-interaction domains, each of which is targeted by pathogenic mutations in familial PD. This review places the PD-associated mutations of LRRK2 in a structural and functional framework, with the ultimate aim of deciphering the molecular basis of LRRK2-associated pathogenesis. This, in turn, should advance our understanding and treatment of familial and idiopathic PD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
authors.forename: Ignacio F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Mata
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wedemeyer
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Farrer
authors.forename: Julie P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Gallo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D000071158:Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C495280:LRRK2 protein, human; D000071158:Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases