[HTML][HTML] Roles of tau protein in health and disease

T Guo, W Noble, DP Hanger - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Tau is well established as a microtubule-associated protein in neurons. However, under
pathological conditions, aberrant assembly of tau into insoluble aggregates is accompanied …

Biochemistry and cell biology of tau protein in neurofibrillary degeneration

EM Mandelkow, E Mandelkow - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Tau represents the subunit protein of one of the major hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD),
the neurofibrillary tangles, and is therefore of major interest as an indicator of disease …

[HTML][HTML] Role of tau as a microtubule-associated protein: structural and functional aspects

P Barbier, O Zejneli, M Martinho, A Lasorsa… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microtubules (MTs) play a fundamental role in many vital processes such as cell division
and neuronal activity. They are key structural and functional elements in axons, supporting …

[HTML][HTML] Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, T Frembgen-Kesner… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

[HTML][HTML] Tau protein modifications and interactions: their role in function and dysfunction

A Mietelska-Porowska, U Wasik, M Goras… - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Tau protein is abundant in the central nervous system and involved in microtubule assembly
and stabilization. It is predominantly associated with axonal microtubules and present at …

Four-repeat tauopathies

TW Roesler, AT Marvian, M Brendel… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein with versatile functions in the dynamic assembly of
the neuronal cytoskeleton. Four-repeat (4R-) tauopathies are a group of neurodegenerative …

[HTML][HTML] Structural polymorphism of 441-residue tau at single residue resolution

MD Mukrasch, S Bibow, J Korukottu, S Jeganathan… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Alzheimer disease is characterized by abnormal protein deposits in the brain, such as
extracellular amyloid plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles. The tangles are made …

The natively unfolded character of tau and its aggregation to Alzheimer-like paired helical filaments

S Jeganathan, M Von Bergen, EM Mandelkow… - Biochemistry, 2008 - ACS Publications
The abnormal aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein Tau into paired helical
filaments (PHFs) is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD). Tau in solution behaves …

Disease‐associated tau phosphorylation hinders tubulin assembly within tau condensates

A Savastano, D Flores, H Kadavath… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular condensation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) through liquid–liquid phase
separation (LLPS) allows dynamic compartmentalization and regulation of biological …

Biochemistry of Tau in Alzheimer's disease and related neurological disorders

N Sergeant, A Bretteville, M Hamdane… - Expert review of …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Microtubule-associated Tau proteins belong to a family of factors that polymerize tubulin
dimers and stabilize microtubules. Tau is strongly expressed in neurons, localized in the …