Misfolding and self-assembly dynamics of microtubule-binding repeats of the Alzheimer-related protein tau

H He, Y Liu, Y Sun, F Ding - Journal of chemical information and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pathological aggregation of intrinsically disordered tau protein, driven by the interactions
between microtubule-binding (MTB) domains, is associated with Alzheimer's disease. The …

Sequence-Dependent Conformational Properties of PGGG Motif in Tau Repeats: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Narrow Pick Filament

AE Sahayaraj, R Viswanathan, F Pinhero… - ACS Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tauopathies are a class of neurodegenerative diseases correlated with the presence of
pathological Tau fibrils as a diagnostic marker. The microtubule-binding repeat region of …

Reaction mechanisms of histidine and carnosine with hypochlorous acid along with chlorination reactivity of N-Chlorinated intermediates: A Computational Study

Y Han, Y Zhou, YD Liu, R Zhong - Chemical Research in …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) released from activated leukocytes not only plays a significant
role in the human immune system but is also implicated in numerous diseases including …

Molecular mechanism of amyloidogenicity and neurotoxicity of a pro-aggregated tau mutant in the presence of histidine tautomerism via replica-exchange simulation

S Chatterjee, A Salimi, JY Lee - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The accumulation of ΔK280 tau mutant resulting in neurotoxic oligomeric aggregates is an
important but yet mysterious procedure in Alzheimer's disease (AD) development. Recently …

Copper (Cu 2+) ion-induced misfolding of tau protein R3 peptide revealed by enhanced molecular dynamics simulation

J Jing, G Tu, H Yu, R Huang, X Ming, H Zhan… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Tau misfolding plays a significant role in some neurodegenerative diseases such as
Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is intrinsically disordered and highly soluble under normal …

Unraveling the histidine tautomerism effect on the initial stages of prion misfolding: new insights from a computational perspective

S Chatterjee, A Salimi, JY Lee - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2021 - ACS Publications
The aggregation and structural conversion of normal prion peptide (PrPC) into the
pathogenic scrapie form (PrPSc), which can act as a seed to enhance prion amyloid fiber …

Histidine tautomerism driving human islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation in the early stages of diabetes mellitus progression: insight at the atomistic level

A Salimi, S Chatterjee… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Early oligomerization of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP), which is accountable for β‐
cell death, has been implicated in the progression of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Some …

Theoretical Insights into Mutation and Histidine Tautomerism Effects on Tau Proteins

H Li, E Joo, JY Lee - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2021 - ACS Publications
Research on misfolding of tau proteins will help to better understand the formation process
of neurofibrillary tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Mutation and histidine …

Monitoring early-stage β-amyloid dimer aggregation by histidine site-specific two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy in a simulation study

S Chatterjee, Y Nam, A Salimi, JY Lee - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Monitoring early-stage β-amyloid (Aβ) dimerization is a formidable challenge for
understanding neurological diseases. We compared β-sheet formation and histidine site …

Exposure to the electric field: A potential way to block the aggregation of histidine tautomeric isomers of β-amyloid

A Salimi, S Chatterjee, JY Lee - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Controlling protein misfolding and accumulation in neurodegeneration is a challenge in
chemical neuroscience. The application of appropriate electric fields (EFs) can be a …