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Parkin co-regulated protein; This family of proteins is transcribed anti-sense along the DNA to the Parkin gene product and the two appear to be transcribed under the same promoter. The protein has predicted alpha-helical and beta-sheet domains which suggest its function is in the ubiquitin/proteasome system. Mutations in parkin are the genetic cause of early-onset and autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism.