Description
Product Characteristics: For quantitative detection of PINK1 in serum, plasma, tissue homogenates.
Target Information: This gene encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase that localizes to mitochondria. It is thought to protect cells from stress-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. Mutations in this gene cause one form of autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson disease. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]