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ArticlePloS one2016

L17A/F19A Substitutions Augment the α-Helicity of β-Amyloid Peptide Discordant Segment.

Chu-Ting Liang, Hsien-Bin Huang, Chih-Ching Wang, Yi-Ru Chen, Chi-Fon Chang, Ming-Shi Shiao, Yi-Cheng Chen, Ta-Hsien Lin

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Chu-Ting LiangDepartment of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Hsien-Bin HuangDepartment of Life Science and the Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chih-Ching WangStructural Biology Program, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yi-Ru ChenStructural Biology Program, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chi-Fon ChangGenomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Ming-Shi ShiaoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yi-Cheng ChenDepartment of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Ta-Hsien LinDepartment of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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Abstract

β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) aggregation has been thought to be associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Recently, we showed that L17A/F19A substitutions may increase the structural stability of wild-type and Arctic-type Aβ40 and decrease the rates of structural conversion and fibril formation. However, the underlying mechanism for the increase of structural stability as a result of the alanine substitutions remained elusive. In this study, we apply nuclear magnetic resonance and circular dichroism spectroscopies to characterize the Aβ40 structure, demonstrating that L17A/F19A substitutions can augment the α-helicity of the residues located in the α/β-discordant segment (resides 15 to 23) of both wild-type and Arctic-type Aβ40. These results provide a structural basis to link the α-helicity of the α/β-discordant segment with the conformational conversion propensity of Aβ.

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AlanineAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesCircular DichroismHumansIsotopesMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMutationProtein Structure, SecondaryAlanineAmyloid beta-PeptidesIsotopes

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PMCPMC4841593

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