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. 2018 Dec 14;12:113. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00113

Table 1.

Summary of genes associated with Parkinson’s disease.

Locus Gene Inheritance Onset Location Variants Function
PARK1/4 SNCA Dominant
Risk factor
EO 4q21.3-q22 5 point mutations, multiplications Rep1 risk variant in the promoter Synaptic vesicles trafficking
PARK2 PARKIN Recessive EO 6q25.2-q27 >250 point mutation, ins/de and exon rearrangements Mitophagy
PARK3 Unknown Dominant LO 2p13 ? ?
PARK5 UCHL1 Dominant LO 4p13 1 missense variant in one sibling pair Proteasome
PARK6 PINK1 Recessive EO 1p36.12 >100 point mutations, ins/del and exon rearrangements Mitophagy
PARK7 DJ-1 Recessive EO 1p36.23 >20 point mutations and deletions Mitophagy
PARK8 LRRK2 Dominant LO 12q12 7 point mutations Autophagy?
Risk factor Risk variants p.R1628P and p.G2385R
PARK9 ATP13A2 Recessive EO 1p36 >20 point mutations Lysosomes
PARK10 Unknown Risk factor ? 1p32 ? ?
PARK11 GIGYF2 Recessive EO 2q36-7 7 missense variants Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) signaling
PARK12 Unknown Risk factor ? Xq21-q22 ? ?
PARK13 HTRA2 Dominant ? 2p13.1 1 missense variant Mitophagy,
PARK14 PLA2G6 Recessive EO 22q13.1 >18 missense variants Lipids metabolism
PARK15 FBXO7 Recessive EO 22q12.3 4 point mutations Mitophagy
PARK16 Unknown Risk factor ? 1q32 ? ?
PARK17 VPS35 Dominant LO 16q12 2 point mutations Endosomes
PARK18 EIF4G1 Dominant LO 3q27.1 1 missense variant Protein translation
PARK19 DNAJC6 Recessive EO 1p31.3 9 missense variants Endosomes
PARK20 SYNJ1 Recessive EC 21q22.11 3 missense variants Endosomes
PARK21 DNAJC13 Dominant LO 3q22.1 1 missense variant Endosomes
PARK22 CHCHD2 Dominant LO/EO 7p11.2 1 missense variant, 1 truncation Mitochondria-mediated apoptosis and metabolism?
PARK23 VPS13C Recessive EO 15q22.2 2 missense variants,l truncation Mitophagy
GBA AD, AR in GD Risk factor LO lq22 >10 missense variants Lysosomes
MAPT Sporadic
Risk factor
17q21.31 H1 haplotype increase PD risk and disease severity Microtubules

EO, early onset; LO, late onset.