Protein dj-1beta

UniProtKB accession:  Q9VA37

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UniProtKB description:  Plays an important role in cell protection against oxidative stress and cell death by acting as a oxidative stress sensor (PubMed:16139214, PubMed:16203113, PubMed:16894167, PubMed:20457924). Does not play a role in methylglyoxal detoxification (PubMed:27903648). Plays a role in mitochondrial function together with Pink1 (PubMed:20457924). In motor neurons regulates structural synaptic plasticity of locomotor behavior as part of the PTEN-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway in response to oxygen species (ROS) levels (PubMed:30540251).