Amyloid-type protein aggregation and prion-like properties of amyloids

D Willbold, B Strodel, GF Schröder, W Hoyer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review will focus on the process of amyloid-type protein aggregation. Amyloid fibrils are
an important hallmark of protein misfolding diseases and therefore have been investigated …

Solid-state NMR: Methods for biological solids

S Ahlawat, KR Mote, NA Lakomek… - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the last two decades, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy has
transformed from a spectroscopic technique investigating small molecules and industrial …

Cryo-EM structure and polymorphism of Aβ amyloid fibrils purified from Alzheimer's brain tissue

M Kollmer, W Close, L Funk, J Rasmussen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The formation of Aβ amyloid fibrils is a neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease
and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. However, the structure of Aβ amyloid fibrils from brain …

Structural variation in amyloid-β fibrils from Alzheimer's disease clinical subtypes

W Qiang, WM Yau, JX Lu, J Collinge, R Tycko - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Aggregation of amyloid-β peptides into fibrils or other self-assembled states is central to the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Fibrils formed in vitro by 40-and 42-residue amyloid-β …

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 …

Cryo-EM structure and inhibitor design of human IAPP (amylin) fibrils

Q Cao, DR Boyer, MR Sawaya, P Ge… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) functions as a glucose-regulating hormone but
deposits as amyloid fibrils in more than 90% of patients with type II diabetes (T2D). Here we …

Cryo-EM structures of hIAPP fibrils seeded by patient-extracted fibrils reveal new polymorphs and conserved fibril cores

Q Cao, DR Boyer, MR Sawaya, R Abskharon… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Amyloidosis of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) is a pathological hallmark of type II
diabetes (T2D), an epidemic afflicting nearly 10% of the world's population. To visualize …

[图书][B] Introduction to proteins: structure, function, and motion

A Kessel, N Ben-Tal - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Introduction to Proteins provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art introduction to the
structure, function, and motion of proteins for students, faculty, and researchers at all levels …

Fibril structures of diabetes-related amylin variants reveal a basis for surface-templated assembly

R Gallardo, MG Iadanza, Y Xu, GR Heath… - Nature Structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Aggregation of the peptide hormone amylin into amyloid deposits is a pathological hallmark
of type-2 diabetes (T2D). While no causal link between T2D and amyloid has been …

Green Tea Extracts EGCG and EGC Display Distinct Mechanisms in Disrupting Aβ42 Protofibril

C Zhan, Y Chen, Y Tang, G Wei - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2020 - ACS Publications
The amyloid beta (Aβ) fibrillar aggregate is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Disassembling preformed fibril or inhibiting Aβ aggregation is considered as a therapeutic …