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1.	Huang, Rick K., et al. (författare) Conformational Switching in PolyGln Amyloid Fibrils Resulting from a Single Amino Acid Insertion 2014 Ingår i: Biophysical Journal. - : Elsevier BV. - 0006-3495 .- 1542-0086. ; 106:10, s. 2134-2142 Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract The established correlation between neurodegenerative disorders and intracerebral deposition of polyglutamine aggregates motivates attempts to better understand their fibrillar structure. We designed polyglutamines with a few lysines inserted to overcome the hindrance of extreme insolubility and two D-lysines to limit the lengths of β-strands. One is 33 amino acids long (PolyQKd-33) and the other has one fewer glutamine (PolyQKd-32). Both form well-dispersed fibrils suitable for analysis by electron microscopy. Electron diffraction confirmed cross-β structures in both fibrils. Remarkably, the deletion of just one glutamine residue from the middle of the peptide leads to substantially different amyloid structures. PolyQKd-32 fibrils are consistently 10–20% wider than PolyQKd-33, as measured by negative staining, cryo-electron microscopy, and scanning transmission electron microscopy. Scanning transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that the PolyQKd-32 fibrils have 50% higher mass-per-length than PolyQKd-33. This distinction can be explained by a superpleated β-structure model for PolyQKd-33 and a model with two β-solenoid protofibrils for PolyQKd-32. These data provide evidence for β-arch-containing structures in polyglutamine fibrils and open future possibilities for structure-based drug design.

Huang, Rick K., et al. (författare)
Conformational Switching in PolyGln Amyloid Fibrils Resulting from a Single Amino Acid Insertion
2014
Ingår i: Biophysical Journal. - : Elsevier BV. - 0006-3495 .- 1542-0086. ; 106:10, s. 2134-2142
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The established correlation between neurodegenerative disorders and intracerebral deposition of polyglutamine aggregates motivates attempts to better understand their fibrillar structure. We designed polyglutamines with a few lysines inserted to overcome the hindrance of extreme insolubility and two D-lysines to limit the lengths of β-strands. One is 33 amino acids long (PolyQKd-33) and the other has one fewer glutamine (PolyQKd-32). Both form well-dispersed fibrils suitable for analysis by electron microscopy. Electron diffraction confirmed cross-β structures in both fibrils. Remarkably, the deletion of just one glutamine residue from the middle of the peptide leads to substantially different amyloid structures. PolyQKd-32 fibrils are consistently 10–20% wider than PolyQKd-33, as measured by negative staining, cryo-electron microscopy, and scanning transmission electron microscopy. Scanning transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that the PolyQKd-32 fibrils have 50% higher mass-per-length than PolyQKd-33. This distinction can be explained by a superpleated β-structure model for PolyQKd-33 and a model with two β-solenoid protofibrils for PolyQKd-32. These data provide evidence for β-arch-containing structures in polyglutamine fibrils and open future possibilities for structure-based drug design.

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