“…Retromer and SNX27 have been shown to recycle a wide range of surface molecules, ranging from signalling receptors like the β2-adrenergic receptor (Lauffer et al, 2010) or the parathyroid hormone receptor (PTHR) (Chan et al, 2016;McGarvey et al, 2016), and nutrient transporters (Steinberg et al, 2013) to neuronal glutamate receptors (Wang et al, 2013;Loo et al, 2014;Hussain et al, 2014). Although loss of retromer as well as of the WASH complex is lethal early in embryogenesis (Wen et al, 2011;Gomez et al, 2012), loss of SNX27 is lethal shortly upon birth of genetically modified mice (Cai et al, 2011), highlighting the physiological relevance of SNX27-, retromer-and/or WASH-driven recycling processes. In this context, recent genome-wide association studies have identified mutations in the retromer subunit VPS35 as the underlying cause for late-onset hereditary Parkinsonism, with the point mutation of aspartate 620 to asparagine (D620N) being the most significant one (VilarinoGuell et al, 2011;Zimprich et al, 2011).…”