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ArticleThe Journal of chemical physics2010

Globular state in the oligomers formed by Abeta peptides.

Seongwon Kim, Takako Takeda, Dmitri K Klimov

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Article in The Journal of chemical physics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Seongwon KimDepartment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia 20110, USA.
Takako Takeda
Dmitri K Klimov

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Pathways of Alzehimer's amyloid assembly studied by computer simulationsR01AG028191 · NIA · GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY · PI KLIMOV, DMITRI KONSTANTINOVICH · 2007 to 2009
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NIA NIH HHS R01 AG028191
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replica exchange molecular dynamics and implicit solvent model are used to study two oligomeric species of Abeta peptides, dimer and tetramer, which are typically observed in in vitro experiments. Based on the analysis of free energy landscapes, density distributions, and chain flexibility, we propose that the oligomer formation is a continuous transition occurring without metastable states. The density distribution computations suggest that Abeta oligomer consists of two volume regions-the core with fairly flat density profile and the surface layer with rapidly decreasing density. The core is mostly formed by the N-terminal residues, whereas the C-terminal tends to occur in the surface layer. Lowering the temperature results in the redistribution of peptide atoms from the surface layer into the core. Using these findings, we argue that Abeta oligomer resembles polymer globule in poor solvent. Abeta dimers and tetramers are found to be structurally similar suggesting that the conformations of Abeta peptides do not depend on the order of small oligomers.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationProtein MultimerizationAmyloid beta-PeptidesComputational BiologyProtein Structure, QuaternarySolventsSurface PropertiesTemperatureThermodynamicsAmyloid beta-PeptidesSolvents

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PMID20550420
PMCPMC2896418

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