Using mass spectrometry‐based methods to understand amyloid formation and inhibition of alpha‐synuclein and amyloid beta

WJ Wagner, ML Gross - Mass spectrometry reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloid fibrils, insoluble β‐sheets structures that arise from protein misfolding, are
associated with several neurodegenerative disorders. Many small molecules have been …

Heterotypic interactions in amyloid function and disease

K Konstantoulea, N Louros, F Rousseau… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Structure-based machine-guided mapping of amyloid sequence space reveals uncharted sequence clusters with higher solubilities

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 …

Data-mining unveils structure–property–activity correlation of viral infectivity enhancing self-assembling peptides

K Kaygisiz, L Rauch-Wirth, A Dutta, X Yu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Insulin deficiency promotes formation of toxic amyloid-β42 conformer co-aggregating with hyper-phosphorylated tau oligomer in an Alzheimer's disease model

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 …

Self-assembly of bio-inspired heterochiral peptides

D Florio, C Di Natale, PL Scognamiglio, M Leone… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Delving into the amyloidogenic core of human leukocyte chemotactic factor 2

PL Tsiolaki, GI Nasi, FA Baltoumas, S Fishman… - Journal of Structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Untangling Hydrogen Bond Networks with Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Quantum Chemical Calculations: A Case Study on H+XPGG

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+ …

Structural Insights Into the Amyloidogenic Aβ and Tau Species in Alzheimer's disease Pathophysiology: Defining Functional Motifs for Therapeutic Interventions

D Sarkar, A Bhunia - 2022 - books.rsc.org
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 …

Structural Insights on Aggregation Species of Aβ and Tau, and Their Implications in Alzheimer's Disease

D Li, C Liu - 2022 - books.rsc.org
Abnormal protein aggregation has been commonly observed in a variety of
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) …