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Besides being of key importance in reducing the degeneration caused due to the loss of CSPα, the alpha-synuclein is also believed to be related to various other proteins that regulate its activity. An example of this is the interaction of synuclein with synphilin that promotes its aggregation, the details of this interaction however are still not clear. Recent studies also suggest that a small protein GTPase rab3a is believed to be regulating association of the protein to the membrane dependent on GTP, but the mechanism of this regulation is not unclear as the function of the alpha synuclein is not totally understood. Alpha-synuclein is also believed to have an impact on protein degradation, cytoskeletal interrelations and complex 1 inhibition in mitochondria inducing oxidative stress that results in neuronal death. Therefore, owing to the role that this protein plays, especially in neurodegenerative disorders, various therapeutic measures related to this protein are being studied.