Amyloid aggregation results from the self‐assembly of identical aggregation‐prone sequences into cross‐beta‐sheet structures. The process is best known for its association …
N Louros, G Orlando, M De Vleeschouwer… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The amyloid conformation can be adopted by a variety of sequences, but the precise boundaries of amyloid sequence space are still unclear. The currently charted amyloid …
Gene therapy via retroviral vectors holds great promise for treating a variety of serious diseases. It requires the use of additives to boost infectivity. Amyloid-like peptide nanofibers …
T Imamura, YT Yanagihara, Y Ohyagi… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The toxic conformer of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) ending at 42 (Aβ42), which contains a unique turn conformation at amino acid residue positions 22 and 23 and tends to form oligomers …
Peptide hydrogels, deriving from natural protein fragments, present unique advantages as compatibility and low cost of production that allow their wide application in different fields as …
Abstract ALECT2 (leukocyte chemotactic factor 2) amyloidosis is one of the most recently identified amyloid-related diseases, with LECT2 amyloids commonly found in different types …
D Beckett, TJ El-Baba, K Gilbert… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry and quantum chemical calculations are used to determine the structures and stabilities of singly protonated XaaProGlyGly peptides: H+ …
The journey from the initial identification of amyloids to the near-atomic resolution structural elucidation has been nearly 400 years long. 1 Despite the immense knowledge acquired on …
Abnormal protein aggregation has been commonly observed in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) …