Disruption of the autoinhibited state primes the E3 ligase parkin for activation and catalysis.
Kumar, A., Aguirre, J.D., Condos, T.E., Martinez-Torres, R.J., Chaugule, V.K., Toth, R., Sundaramoorthy, R., Mercier, P., Knebel, A., Spratt, D.E., Barber, K.R., Shaw, G.S., Walden, H.(2015) EMBO J 34: 2506-2521
- PubMed: 26254304 
- DOI: 10.15252/embj.201592337
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5C1Z, 5C23 - PubMed Abstract: 
The PARK2 gene is mutated in 50% of autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism (ARJP) cases. It encodes parkin, an E3 ubiquitin ligase of the RBR family. Parkin exists in an autoinhibited state that is activated by phosphorylation of its N-terminal ubiqui ...