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The pericentriolar material (PCM) is created through an extensively interacting network of proteins including SPD-5, SPD-2, and PLK-1. Previously, it was not known whether these proteins formed smaller complexes in the cytoplasm before entering the PCM, or if the interactions only occur as the proteins are incorporated into the PCM matrix. This work, led by […]

The newest paper from our lab (a collaboration with the Kurzchalia group) is out this month in the open access journal Biology Open. Toyoda Y, Erkut C, Pan-Montojo F, Boland S, Stewart MP, Müller DJ, Wurst W, Hyman AA, Kurzchalia T. Products of the Parkinson’s disease-related glyoxalase DJ-1, D-lactate and glycolate, support mitochondrial membrane potential […]