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. 2021 Dec 9;14:797833. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.797833

TABLE 1.

PD-associated genes and their influences on each ETC complex.

Gene Mechanism Complex I Complex II Complex III Complex IV Complex V References
PRKN and PINK1 Protein turnover + + + + + Vincow et al., 2013
Translation derepression + + + Gehrke et al., 2015
PINK1 Phosphorylation + Morais et al., 2014
PARK7 Chaperone + + + Hayashi et al., 2009; Heo et al., 2012; Chen et al., 2019
PLA2G6 Ceramide metabolism + + Kinghorn et al., 2015
GBA Unknown, probably regulating mitophagy, GlcCer metabolism, and NAD + production + + + Osellame et al., 2013; Schöndorf et al., 2018
LRRK2 Unknown, probably regulating mitophagy + + + Mortiboys et al., 2010
SNCA Mutant monomers or oligomers + + Chinta et al., 2010; Reeve et al., 2015; Ludtmann et al., 2018
Fibril-induced Lewy body formation + + + Mahul-Mellier et al., 2020
CHCHD2 Chaperone + Aras et al., 2015; Meng et al., 2017
Transcription factor + Aras et al., 2015
UQCRC1 cIII core subunits + Unni et al., 2019; Lin et al., 2020

“ + ” indicates evidence of direct or indirect interactions but the exact involved subunits are still unclear.