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ArticleBiophysical journal2003

Protein aggregation/folding: the role of deterministic singularities of sequence hydrophobicity as determined by nonlinear signal analysis of acylphosphatase and Abeta(1-40).

Joseph P Zbilut, Alfredo Colosimo, Filippo Conti, Mauro Colafranceschi, Cesare Manetti, MariaCristina Valerio, Charles L Webber, Alessandro Giuliani

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Joseph P ZbilutDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA. joseph_p_zbilut@rush.edu
Alfredo Colosimo
Filippo Conti
Mauro Colafranceschi
Cesare Manetti
MariaCristina Valerio
Charles L Webber
Alessandro Giuliani
Sapienza University of Rome · ITIstituto Superiore di Sanità · ITLoyola University Medical Center · USRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The problem of protein folding vs. aggregation was investigated in acylphosphatase and the amyloid protein Abeta(1-40) by means of nonlinear signal analysis of their chain hydrophobicity. Numerical descriptors of recurrence patterns provided the basis for statistical evaluation of folding/aggregation distinctive features. Static and dynamic approaches were used to elucidate conditions coincident with folding vs. aggregation using comparisons with known protein secondary structure classifications, site-directed mutagenesis studies of acylphosphatase, and molecular dynamics simulations of amyloid protein, Abeta(1-40). The results suggest that a feature derived from principal component space characterized by the smoothness of singular, deterministic hydrophobicity patches plays a significant role in the conditions governing protein aggregation.

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Protein FoldingAcid Anhydride HydrolasesAcylphosphataseAlgorithmsAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiophysicsCluster AnalysisComputer SimulationHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPeptide FragmentsPeptidesPolymersProtein BindingProteinsAcid Anhydride HydrolasesAcylphosphataseAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-40)Peptide FragmentsPeptidesPolymersProteins

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PMID14645049
PMCPMC1303661
OpenAlexW2020604568

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