Review of the current state of protein aggregation inhibition from a materials chemistry perspective: Special focus on polymeric materials

R Rajan, S Ahmed, N Sharma, N Kumar, A Debas… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein instability caused by exposure to external additives or severe stress may result in
different diseases. Of these diseases, many are triggered by protein misfolding and …

[HTML][HTML] Visualizing and trapping transient oligomers in amyloid assembly pathways

EE Cawood, TK Karamanos, AJ Wilson… - Biophysical chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Oligomers which form during amyloid fibril assembly are considered to be key contributors
towards amyloid disease. However, understanding how such intermediates form, their …

Structural disorder of monomeric α-synuclein persists in mammalian cells

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, B Bekei, A Martorana, HM Rose… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Intracellular aggregation of the human amyloid protein α-synuclein is causally linked to
Parkinson's disease. While the isolated protein is intrinsically disordered, its native structure …

A short motif in the N-terminal region of α-synuclein is critical for both aggregation and function

CPA Doherty, SM Ulamec, R Maya-Martinez… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Aggregation of human α-synuclein (αSyn) is linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology.
The central region of the αSyn sequence contains the non-amyloid β-component (NAC) …

Single residue modulators of amyloid formation in the N-terminal P1-region of α-synuclein

SM Ulamec, R Maya-Martinez, EJ Byrd… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alpha-synuclein (αSyn) is a protein involved in neurodegenerative disorders including
Parkinson's disease. Amyloid formation of αSyn can be modulated by the 'P1 …

Extent of N-terminus exposure of monomeric alpha-synuclein determines its aggregation propensity

AD Stephens, M Zacharopoulou, R Moons… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
As an intrinsically disordered protein, monomeric alpha-synuclein (aSyn) occupies a large
conformational space. Certain conformations lead to aggregation prone and non …

Molecular basis of small-molecule binding to α-synuclein

P Robustelli, A Ibanez-de-Opakua… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are implicated in many human diseases. They have
generally not been amenable to conventional structure-based drug design, however …

Describing intrinsically disordered proteins at atomic resolution by NMR

MR Jensen, RWH Ruigrok, M Blackledge - Current opinion in structural …, 2013 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in the development of physical methods to study the
conformational behaviour and biological activity of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). In …

Evidence for intramolecular antiparallel beta-sheet structure in alpha-synuclein fibrils from a combination of two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy and atomic force …

SJ Roeters, A Iyer, G Pletikapić, V Kogan… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The aggregation of the intrinsically disordered protein alpha-synuclein (α S) into amyloid
fibrils is thought to play a central role in the pathology of Parkinson's disease. Using a …

Spreading of α-synuclein and tau: A systematic comparison of the mechanisms involved

E Vasili, A Dominguez-Meijide… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are age-associated
neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the misfolding and aggregation of alpha …