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 …

[HTML][HTML] ATR-FTIR: A “rejuvenated” tool to investigate amyloid proteins

R Sarroukh, E Goormaghtigh, JM Ruysschaert… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
Amyloid refers to insoluble protein aggregates that are responsible for amyloid diseases but
are also implicated in important physiological functions (functional amyloids). The …

Amyloid cross-seeding: mechanism, implication, and inhibition

S Subedi, S Sasidharan, N Nag, P Saudagar, T Tripathi - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Most neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's
disease, etc. are caused by inclusions and plaques containing misfolded protein …

Simulation studies of amyloidogenic polypeptides and their aggregates

IM Ilie, A Caflisch - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Amyloids, fibrillar assembly of (poly) peptide chains, are associated with neurodegenerative
illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, for which there are no cures. The …

Solid-state NMR studies of amyloid fibril structure

R Tycko - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Current interest in amyloid fibrils stems from their involvement in neurodegenerative and
other diseases and from their role as an alternative structural state for many peptides and …

Molecular structures of amyloid and prion fibrils: consensus versus controversy

R Tycko, RB Wickner - Accounts of chemical research, 2013 - ACS Publications
Many peptides and proteins self-assemble into amyloidfibrils. Examples include mammalian
and fungal prion proteins, polypeptides associated with human amyloid diseases, and …

The role of stable α-synuclein oligomers in the molecular events underlying amyloid formation

N Lorenzen, SB Nielsen, AK Buell… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Studies of proteins' formation of amyloid fibrils have revealed that potentially cytotoxic
oligomers frequently accumulate during fibril formation. An important question in the context …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A diversity of assembly mechanisms of a generic amyloid fold

T Eichner, SE Radford - Molecular cell, 2011 - cell.com
Protein misfolding and amyloid assembly have long been recognized as being responsible
for many devastating human diseases. Recent findings indicate that amyloid assemblies …