PINK1/Parkin derails damaged mitochondria

Thomas Schwarz shows how Parkinson’s disease proteins quarantine damaged mitochondria by disconnecting them from the microtubule network. Check out the paper at (11)01224-4 Wang, X., Winter, D., Ashrafi, G., Schlehe, J., Wong, Y.L., Selkoe, D., Rice, S., Steen, J., LaVoie, M.J., and Schwarz, T.L. (2011). PINK1 and Parkin Target Miro for Phosphorylation and Degradation to Arrest Mitochondrial Motility. Cell. 147 And read more great research at