Bernd K Gilsbach, Franz Y Ho ... Christian Johannes Gloeckner
The Parkinson’s protein Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 contains a GTPase as well as kinase domain and modulates its intrinsic GTPase activity by autophosphorylation of the P-loop residue threonine 1343.
Neurodegeneration driven by pathogenic aggregating proteins reorganizes the actin cytoskeleton, causing cellular stiffening and abolishing force generation required for endocytic events.