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ArticleBiochemistry2015

Elucidation of the Aggregation Pathways of Helix-Turn-Helix Peptides: Stabilization at the Turn Region Is Critical for Fibril Formation.

Thanh D Do, Ali Chamas, Xueyun Zheng, Aaron Barnes, Dayna Chang, Tjitske Veldstra, Harmeet Takhar, Nicolette Dressler, Benjamin Trapp, Kylie Miller and 5 more

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Article in Biochemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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15 authors.

Thanh D Do
Ali Chamas
Xueyun Zheng
Aaron Barnes§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Dayna Chang§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Tjitske Veldstra§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Harmeet Takhar§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Nicolette Dressler§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Benjamin Trapp§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Kylie Miller§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Audrene McMahon§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Stephen C Meredith
Joan-Emma Shea
Kristi Lazar Cantrell§Department of Chemistry, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California 93108, United States.
Michael T Bowers

Funding

Amyloid Beta-Protein: Wild Type and Familial Mutant Assembly and InhibitionR01AG047116 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI BOWERS, MICHAEL THOMAS · 2013 to 2016
$1.8M
NIA NIH HHS 1R01AG047116- 01NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation of proteins to fiberlike aggregates often involves a transformation of native monomers to β-sheet-rich oligomers. This general observation underestimates the importance of α-helical segments in the aggregation cascade. Here, using a combination of experimental techniques and accelerated molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate the aggregation of a 43-residue, apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide and its E21Q and D26N mutants. Our study indicates a strong propensity of helical segments not to adopt cross-β-fibrils. The helix-turn-helix monomeric conformation of the peptides is preserved in the mature fibrils. Furthermore, we reveal opposite effects of mutations on and near the turn region in the self-assembly of these peptides. We show that the E21-R24 salt bridge is a major contributor to helix-turn-helix folding, subsequently leading to abundant fibril formation. On the other hand, the K19-D26 interaction is not required to fold the native helix-turn-helix peptide. However, removal of the charged D26 residue decreases the stability of the helix-turn-helix monomer and consequently reduces the level of aggregation. Finally, we provide a more refined assembly model for the helix-turn-helix peptides from apolipoprotein A-I based on the parallel stacking of helix-turn-helix dimers.

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Protein AggregatesAmino Acid SequenceAmyloidApolipoprotein A-IHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataPeptidesPoint MutationProtein Structure, SecondaryAmyloidApolipoprotein A-IPeptidesProtein Aggregates

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PMID26070092
PMCPMC4526104

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