Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Energy landscapes of protein aggregation and conformation switching in intrinsically disordered proteins

B Strodel - Journal of molecular biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The protein folding problem was apparently solved recently by the advent of a deep learning
method for protein structure prediction called AlphaFold. However, this program is not able …

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 …

Structures of the intrinsically disordered Aβ, tau and α-synuclein proteins in aqueous solution from computer simulations

PH Nguyen, P Derreumaux - Biophysical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) play many biological roles in the human proteome
ranging from vesicular transport, signal transduction to neurodegenerative diseases. The Aβ …

Early events in amyloid-β self-assembly probed by time-resolved solid state NMR and light scattering

J Jeon, WM Yau, R Tycko - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Self-assembly of amyloid-β peptides leads to oligomers, protofibrils, and fibrils that are likely
instigators of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. We report results of time-resolved …

Single-molecule FRET of intrinsically disordered proteins

LA Metskas, E Rhoades - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are now widely recognized as playing critical roles in
a broad range of cellular functions as well as being implicated in diverse diseases. Their …

Differences in the free energies between the excited states of Aβ40 and Aβ42 monomers encode their aggregation propensities

D Chakraborty, JE Straub… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The early events in the aggregation of the intrinsically disordered peptide, amyloid-β (A β),
involve transitions from the disordered free energy ground state to assembly-competent …

Inferring properties of disordered chains from FRET transfer efficiencies

W Zheng, G Zerze, A Borgia, J Mittal, B Schuler… - Biophysical …, 2018 - cell.com
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a powerful tool for elucidating both structural
and dynamic properties of unfolded or disordered biomolecules, especially in single …

pH-dependent aggregation in intrinsically disordered proteins is determined by charge and lipophilicity

J Santos, V Iglesias, J Santos-Suárez, M Mangiagalli… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Protein aggregation is associated with an increasing number of human disorders and
premature aging. Moreover, it is a central concern in the manufacturing of recombinant …

Enantiomeric Aβ peptides inhibit the fluid shear stress response of PIEZO1

MM Maneshi, L Ziegler, F Sachs, SZ Hua… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) elevates Abeta (Aβ) peptides in the brain and cerebral spinal
fluid. Aβ peptides are amphipathic molecules that can modulate membrane mechanics …