title: The small GTPase activity of the ROC domain from LRRK2, a Parkinson's disease related protein.
abstract: Mutations in the LRRK2 gene have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. This work provides biochemical evidence that the ROC domain of LRRK2 functions as a small GTPase, and the Parkinson's disease-associated mutants do not appear to have reduced GTP hydrolysis activities.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Shan
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ai-Xin
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Su-Xia
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hong-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D000071158:Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: C495280:LRRK2 protein, human; D000071158:Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins