title: Protein degradation, aggregation, and misfolding.
abstract: The cellular surveillance systems guarantee proper removal of altered components from inside cells. Alterations of these systems in neurons have been proposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of different neurodegenerative disorders. In this review, we comment on the advances in our current understanding of how changes in the intracellular proteolytic systems, the main components of the cellular quality control system, contribute to neurodegeneration, with special emphasis on Parkinson's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA. amcuervo@aecom.yu.edu
authors.forename: Ana Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cuervo
authors.forename: Esther S P
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez-Vicente
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism; D051844:alpha-Synuclein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D025801:Ubiquitin; D051844:alpha-Synuclein; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex