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- Österlund, Nicklas, et al.
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Amyloid-beta Peptide Interactions with Amphiphilic Surfactants : Electrostatic and Hydrophobic Effects
- 2018
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Ingår i: ACS Chemical Neuroscience. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1948-7193. ; 9:7, s. 1680-1692
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The amphiphilic nature of the amyloid-beta (A beta) peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease facilitates various interactions with biomolecules such as lipids and proteins, with effects on both structure and toxicity of the peptide. Here, we investigate these peptide-amphiphile interactions by experimental and computational studies of A beta(1-40) in the presence of surfactants with varying physicochemical properties. Our findings indicate that electrostatic peptide-surfactant interactions are required for coclustering and structure induction in the peptide and that the strength of the interaction depends on the surfactant net charge. Both aggregation-prone peptide-rich coclusters and stable surfactant-rich coclusters can form. Only A beta(1-40) monomers, but not oligomers, are inserted into surfactant micelles in this surfactant-rich state. Surfactant headgroup charge is suggested to be important as electrostatic peptide-surfactant interactions on the micellar surface seems to be an initiating step toward insertion. Thus, no peptide insertion or change in peptide secondary structure is observed using a nonionic surfactant. The hydrophobic peptide-surfactant interactions instead stabilize the A beta monomer, possibly by preventing self-interaction between the peptide core and C terminus, thereby effectively inhibiting the peptide aggregation process. These findings give increased understanding regarding the molecular driving forces for A beta aggregation and the peptide interaction with amphiphilic biomolecules.
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- Kulkarni, Yashraj S., et al.
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Role of Ligand-Driven Conformational Changes in Enzyme Catalysis : Modeling the Reactivity of the Catalytic Cage of Triosephosphate Isomerase
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of the American Chemical Society. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0002-7863 .- 1520-5126. ; 140:11, s. 3854-3857
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have previously performed empirical valence bond calculations of the kinetic activation barriers, Delta G(calc) double dagger, for the deprotonation of complexes between TIM and the whole substrate glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GAP, Kulkarni et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10514-10525). We now extend this work to also study the deprotonation of the substrate pieces glycolaldehyde (GA) and GA.HPi [HPi = phosphite dianion]. Our combined calculations provide activation barriers, Delta G(calc)(double dagger) for the TIM-catalyzed deprotonation of GAP (12.9 +/- 0.8 kcal.mol(-1)), of the substrate piece GA (15.0 +/- 2.4 kcal.mol(-1)), and of the pieces GA.HP, (15.5 +/- 3.5 kcal.mol(-1)). The effect of bound dianion on Delta G(calc) double dagger is small (<= 2.6 kcal.mol(-1)), in comparison to the much larger 12.0 and 5.8 kcal.mol(-1) intrinsic phosphodianion and phosphite dianion binding energy utilized to stabilize the transition states for TIM-catalyzed deprotonation of GAP and GA. HP, respectively. This shows that the dianion binding energy is essentially fully expressed at our protein model for the Michaelis complex, where it is utilized to drive an activating change in enzyme conformation. The results represent an example of the synergistic use of results from experiments and calculations to advance our understanding of enzymatic reaction mechanisms.
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