Mass spectrometry-based protein footprinting for higher-order structure analysis: fundamentals and applications

XR Liu, MM Zhang, ML Gross - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Proteins adopt different higher-order structures (HOS) to enable their unique biological
functions. Understanding the complexities of protein higher-order structures and dynamics …

Towards an understanding of amyloid-β oligomers: characterization, toxicity mechanisms, and inhibitors

SJC Lee, E Nam, HJ Lee, MG Savelieff… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by an imbalance between production and
clearance of amyloid-β (Aβ) species. Aβ peptides can transform structurally from monomers …

The amyloid beta peptide: a chemist's perspective. Role in Alzheimer's and fibrillization

IW Hamley - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
This review is concerned with the role of fibrillization of the amyloid β (Aβ)-peptide in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The perspective is that of a physical chemist, and one aim is to …

A New Structural Model of Aβ40 Fibrils

I Bertini, L Gonnelli, C Luchinat, J Mao… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The amyloid fibrils of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides play important roles in the pathology of
Alzheimer's disease. Comprehensive solid-state NMR (SSNMR) structural studies on …

High Resolution Structural Characterization of Aβ42 Amyloid Fibrils by Magic Angle Spinning NMR

MT Colvin, R Silvers, B Frohm, Y Su… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The presence of amyloid plaques composed of amyloid beta (Aβ) fibrils is a hallmark of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The Aβ peptide is present as several length variants with two …

Optical nanosensor for intracellular and intracranial detection of amyloid-beta

M Antman-Passig, E Wong, GR Frost, C Cupo, J Shah… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition occurs in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the
early detection of Aβ is a persistent challenge. Herein, we engineered a near-infrared optical …

Pulsed hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry probes conformational changes in amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide aggregation

Y Zhang, DL Rempel, J Zhang, AK Sharma… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - pnas.org
Probing the conformational changes of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide aggregation is
challenging owing to the vast heterogeneity of the resulting soluble aggregates. To …

Hyperspectral imaging signatures detect amyloidopathy in Alzheimer's mouse retina well before onset of cognitive decline

SS More, R Vince - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2015 - ACS Publications
Amyloidopathic disorders such as Alzheimer's disease present symptomology years after
the entrenchment of amyloidogenic imbalance. The pathologic α-helix→ β-strand …

The hairpin conformation of the amyloid β peptide is an important structural motif along the aggregation pathway

A Abelein, JP Abrahams, J Danielsson… - JBIC Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
The amyloid β (Aβ) peptides are 39–42 residue-long peptides found in the senile plaques in
the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. These peptides self-aggregate in aqueous …

Analysis of protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease

JT Pedersen, NHH Heegaard - Analytical chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Pathological protein and peptide aggregation are key events in a number of chronic and
devastating neurodegenerative conditions including dementias such as Alzheimer's and …