Amyloid-type protein aggregation and prion-like properties of amyloids

D Willbold, B Strodel, GF Schröder, W Hoyer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review will focus on the process of amyloid-type protein aggregation. Amyloid fibrils are
an important hallmark of protein misfolding diseases and therefore have been investigated …

Solid-state NMR: Methods for biological solids

S Ahlawat, KR Mote, NA Lakomek… - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the last two decades, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy has
transformed from a spectroscopic technique investigating small molecules and industrial …

Atomic structures of amyloid cross-β spines reveal varied steric zippers

MR Sawaya, S Sambashivan, R Nelson, MI Ivanova… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Amyloid fibrils formed from different proteins, each associated with a particular disease,
contain a common cross-β spine. The atomic architecture of a spine, from the fibril-forming …

Molecular structural basis for polymorphism in Alzheimer's β-amyloid fibrils

AK Paravastu, RD Leapman, WM Yau… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - pnas.org
We describe a full structural model for amyloid fibrils formed by the 40-residue β-amyloid
peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease (Aβ1–40), based on numerous constraints from …

Biophysical processes underlying cross-seeding in amyloid aggregation and implications in amyloid pathology

MI Ivanova, Y Lin, YH Lee, J Zheng… - Biophysical chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abnormal aggregation of proteins into filamentous aggregates commonly associates with
many diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and type-2 diabetes …

Functional amyloid–from bacteria to humans

DM Fowler, AV Koulov, WE Balch, JW Kelly - Trends in biochemical …, 2007 - cell.com
Amyloid–a fibrillar, cross β-sheet quaternary structure–was first discovered in the context of
human disease and tissue damage, and was thought to always be detrimental to the host …

Amyloid fibrils of the HET-s (218–289) prion form a β solenoid with a triangular hydrophobic core

C Wasmer, A Lange, H Van Melckebeke, AB Siemer… - Science, 2008 - science.org
Prion and nonprion forms of proteins are believed to differ solely in their three-dimensional
structure, which is therefore of paramount importance for the prion function. However, no …

Role of intermolecular forces in defining material properties of protein nanofibrils

TP Knowles, AW Fitzpatrick, S Meehan, HR Mott… - science, 2007 - science.org
Protein molecules have the ability to form a rich variety of natural and artificial structures and
materials. We show that amyloid fibrils, ordered supramolecular nanostructures that are self …

The fold of α-synuclein fibrils

M Vilar, HT Chou, T Lührs, SK Maji… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - pnas.org
The aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils is associated with several neurodegenerative
diseases. In Parkinson's disease it is believed that the aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) …

Peptide conformation and supramolecular organization in amylin fibrils: constraints from solid-state NMR

S Luca, WM Yau, R Leapman, R Tycko - Biochemistry, 2007 - ACS Publications
The 37-residue amylin peptide, also known as islet amyloid polypeptide, forms fibrils that are
the main peptide or protein component of amyloid that develops in the pancreas of type 2 …