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ArticleBiophysical journal2007

Structure and aggregation mechanism of beta(2)-microglobulin (83-99) peptides studied by molecular dynamics simulations.

Chungwen Liang, Philippe Derreumaux, Guanghong Wei

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Chungwen LiangNational Key Surface Physics Laboratory and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Philippe Derreumaux
Guanghong Wei

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Abstract

Many human neurodegenerative diseases are associated with amyloid fibril formation. The human 99-residue beta(2)-microglobulin (beta2m) is one of the most intensively studied amyloid-forming proteins. Recent studies show that the C-terminal fragments 72-99, 83-89, and 91-96 form by themselves amyloid fibrils in vitro and play a significant role in fibrillization of the full-length beta2m protein under acidic pH conditions. In this work, we have studied the equilibrium structures of the 17-residue fragment 83-99 in solution, and investigated its dimerization process by multiple molecular dynamics simulations. We find that an intertwined dimer, with the positions of the beta-strands consistent with the results for the monomer, is a possible structure for two beta2m(83-89) peptides. Based on our molecular-dynamics-generated dimeric structure, a protofibril model is proposed for the full-length beta2m protein.

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Amino Acid SequenceAmyloid beta-Peptidesbeta 2-MicroglobulinBiophysicsComputer SimulationDimerizationHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationMolecular Sequence DataPeptidesProtein ConformationProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryAmyloid beta-Peptidesbeta 2-MicroglobulinPeptides

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PMID17693474
PMCPMC2072067

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