Mechanisms and pathology of protein misfolding and aggregation

N Louros, J Schymkowitz, F Rousseau - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in machine learning-based protein structure prediction, we are still far
from fully understanding how proteins fold into their native conformation. The conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Computational methods to predict protein aggregation

S Navarro, S Ventura - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
In most cases, protein aggregation stems from the establishment of non-native
intermolecular contacts. The formation of insoluble protein aggregates is associated with …

TDP-43 forms amyloid filaments with a distinct fold in type A FTLD-TDP

D Arseni, R Chen, AG Murzin, SY Peak-Chew… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The abnormal assembly of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) in neuronal and glial cells
characterizes nearly all cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and around half of …

Single residue modulators of amyloid formation in the N-terminal P1-region of α-synuclein

SM Ulamec, R Maya-Martinez, EJ Byrd… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alpha-synuclein (αSyn) is a protein involved in neurodegenerative disorders including
Parkinson's disease. Amyloid formation of αSyn can be modulated by the 'P1 …

Structural evolution of fibril polymorphs during amyloid assembly

M Wilkinson, Y Xu, D Thacker, AIP Taylor, DG Fisher… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) has provided unprecedented insights into amyloid fibril
structures, including those associated with disease. However, these structures represent the …

Functional amyloids from bacterial biofilms–structural properties and interaction partners

Ü Akbey, M Andreasen - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein aggregation and amyloid formation have historically been linked with various
diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, but recently functional amyloids …

General principles underpinning amyloid structure

AIP Taylor, RA Staniforth - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Amyloid fibrils are a pathologically and functionally relevant state of protein folding, which is
generally accessible to polypeptide chains and differs fundamentally from the globular state …

Modulation of Alzheimer's Disease Aβ40 Fibril Polymorphism by the small heat shock protein αB-Crystallin

N Rodina, S Hornung, R Sarkar… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Deposition of amyloid plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients is a
hallmark of the disease. AD plaques consist primarily of the beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptide but …

NMR unveils an N-terminal interaction interface on acetylated-α-synuclein monomers for recruitment to fibrils

X Yang, B Wang, CL Hoop… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Amyloid fibril formation of α-synuclein (αS) is associated with multiple neurodegenerative
diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Growing evidence suggests that progression …

Flanking regions, amyloid cores, and polymorphism: the potential interplay underlying structural diversity

AA Bhopatkar, R Kayed - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
The β-sheet–rich amyloid core is the defining feature of protein aggregates associated with
neurodegenerative disorders. Recent investigations have revealed that there exist multiple …