Alternative Splicing Generates Different Parkin Protein Isoforms: Evidences in Human, Rat, and Mouse Brain
Scuderi S, La Cognata V, Drago F, Cavallaro S, D′Agata V. Alternative Splicing Generates Different Parkin Protein Isoforms: Evidences in Human, Rat, and Mouse Brain. BioMed Research International 2014, 2014: 690796. PMID: 25136611, PMCID: PMC4124806, DOI: 10.1155/2014/690796.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtensive alternative splicingParkinson protein 2Parkin isoformsAutosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson's diseaseTranscriptomic diversificationRecessive early-onset Parkinson's diseaseEncoded proteinsAlternative splicingPrimary transcriptGene mutationsExpression patternsGene transcriptsHuman pathologiesSplice variantsParkin deficiencyAmino acidsProtein 2Early-onset Parkinson's diseaseSporadic Parkinson's diseaseIsoformsElectrophoretic mobilityOnset Parkinson's diseaseTranscriptsProteinJuvenile Parkinson's diseaseIncreasing the Coding Potential of Genomes Through Alternative Splicing: The Case of PARK2 Gene
La Cognata V, Iemmolo R, D’Agata V, Scuderi S, Drago F, Zappia M, Cavallaro S. Increasing the Coding Potential of Genomes Through Alternative Splicing: The Case of PARK2 Gene. Current Genomics 2014, 15: 203-216. PMID: 24955028, PMCID: PMC4064560, DOI: 10.2174/1389202915666140426003342.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlternative splicingTrans-acting mutationsE3 ubiquitin protein ligaseHuman disease genesMultiple protein isoformsUbiquitin-protein ligaseExtensive alternative splicingParkinson protein 2Alternative splice transcriptsHuman Genome ProjectTranscriptomic diversificationProtein diversityCellular lifeIndividual genesWidespread mechanismGenetic regulationProtein ligasePrimary transcriptProtein isoformsSingle geneSplicing featuresGenome ProjectCoding PotentialDisease genesSplicing