Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Molecular dynamics simulation for all

SA Hollingsworth, RO Dror - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The impact of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in molecular biology and drug discovery
has expanded dramatically in recent years. These simulations capture the behavior of …

Accurate model of liquid–liquid phase behavior of intrinsically disordered proteins from optimization of single-chain properties

G Tesei, TK Schulze, R Crehuet… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Many intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) may undergo liquid–liquid phase separation
(LLPS) and participate in the formation of membraneless organelles in the cell, thereby …

α-Synuclein phosphorylation at serine 129 occurs after initial protein deposition and inhibits seeded fibril formation and toxicity

SS Ghanem, NK Majbour, NN Vaikath… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
α-Synuclein (α-syn) phosphorylation at serine 129 (pS129–α-syn) is substantially increased
in Lewy body disease, such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies …

α-Synuclein misfolding and aggregation: Implications in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mehra, S Sahay, SK Maji - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) has been extensively studied for its structural and biophysical
properties owing to its pathophysiological role in Parkinson's disease (PD). Lewy bodies …

Liquid-liquid phase separation of α-synuclein: a new mechanistic insight for α-synuclein aggregation associated with Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mukherjee, A Sakunthala, L Gadhe… - Journal of molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aberrant aggregation of the misfolded presynaptic protein, α-Synuclein (α-Syn) into Lewy
body (LB) and Lewy neuritis (LN) is a major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease …

Improved predictions of phase behaviour of intrinsically disordered proteins by tuning the interaction range

G Tesei, K Lindorff-Larsen - Open Research Europe, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The formation and viscoelastic properties of condensates of intrinsically disordered proteins
(IDPs) is dictated by amino acid sequence and solution conditions. Because of the …

Phase transition of a disordered nuage protein generates environmentally responsive membraneless organelles

TJ Nott, E Petsalaki, P Farber, D Jervis, E Fussner… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Cells chemically isolate molecules in compartments to both facilitate and regulate their
interactions. In addition to membrane-encapsulated compartments, cells can form …

α-synuclein in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease

D Twohig, HM Nielsen - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2019 - Springer
The Alzheimer's disease (AD) afflicted brain is neuropathologically defined by extracellular
amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles composed of …

Structural disorder of monomeric α-synuclein persists in mammalian cells

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, B Bekei, A Martorana, HM Rose… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Intracellular aggregation of the human amyloid protein α-synuclein is causally linked to
Parkinson's disease. While the isolated protein is intrinsically disordered, its native structure …