Parkin, an E3-ubiquitin ligase that regulates protein metabolism, mitochondrial function, mitophagy and redox homeostasis, responsible for one of the most common familial forms of PD and also implicated in IPD (PD of unknown genetic origin), is mutated in many somatic cancers, where it seems to act as a tumour suppressor gene [15]. The gene discussed is PRKN; the disease is cancer.