Noun
A small, soluble protein primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors.
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- alpha-synucleinbeta-synucleingamma-synuclein
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One of the hallmarks of the condition is deposits of insoluble fibres of a substance called synuclein. Normally found as small soluble molecules in healthy nerve cells, in people with Parkinson’s, something causes the synuclein molecules to warp into a different shape, making them clump together as fibres.