Updated publication reference for PubMed record(s): 35046029. Early-onset Parkinson's disease can be caused by mutations in the gene PARK7. Many functions have been proposed for PARK7, but in vivo evidence is largely lacking or conflicting with enzymological data. Here, we provide unequivocal evidence that PARK7 and its orthologues can prevent damage of proteins and metabolites inflicted by the glycolytic intermediate 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate, without changing the abundance of this metabolite. In the absence of PARK7, several glycerate-modified metabolites, as well as numerous glycerate- or phosphoglycerate-modified proteins accumulate in human cell lines, mouse brain and flies. This gives an explanation for the pleiotropic effects of PARK7, indicates that spontaneous metabolic damage contributes to the development of hereditary Parkinson's disease, and opens new roads for future therapeutic approaches. Submitted here are the proteomics analyses, where we identify and quantify glyceroyl- and phosphoglyceroyl-modifications of lysine residues in 5 different experimental models. 1. The human colorectal cancer cell line HCT116 was analyzed in four different conditions: a. Wild type cells transduced with an empty recombinant empty lentivirus b. PARK7 knockout cells transduced with an empty recombinant empty lentivirus c. PARK7 knockout cells transduced with a recombinant lentivirus driving expression of PARK7. 2. Brain samples from wild type and PARK7 knockout mice. 3. Red blood cell lysates from wild type and PARK7 knockout mice 4. Whole body extracts from wild type and DJ1beta knockout Drosophila melanogaster 5. In vitro reactions where 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate was produced either by GAPDH or PGK, in the presence and absence of PARK7. Samples were a. Enzymes in the absence of any cofactors (i.e. no 1,3-BPG production) b. Production via GAPDH (using glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, phosphate and NAD+ as substrates) in the presence or absence of PARK7 c. Production via PGK (using 3-phosphoglycerate and ATP as substrates) in the presence or absence of PARK7.