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ArticleChemical science2019

Direct observation of prion protein oligomer formation reveals an aggregation mechanism with multiple conformationally distinct species.

Jason C Sang, Ji-Eun Lee, Alexander J Dear, Suman De, Georg Meisl, Alana M Thackray, Raymond Bujdoso, Tuomas P J Knowles, David Klenerman

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Article in Chemical science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Controllable membrane damage by tunable peptide aggregation with albumin.AIChE journal. American Institute of Chemical Engineers · 2022
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  6. Single Molecule Characterization of Amyloid Oligomers.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  9. Kinetic diversity of amyloid oligomers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  11. Prion protein-Semisynthetic prion protein (PrP) variants with posttranslational modifications.Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2019
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9 authors.

Jason C SangDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK . Email: dk10012@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8567-5415
Ji-Eun LeeDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK . Email: dk10012@cam.ac.uk.
Alexander J DearDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK . Email: dk10012@cam.ac.uk.
Suman DeDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK . Email: dk10012@cam.ac.uk.
Georg MeislDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK . Email: dk10012@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6562-7715
Alana M ThackrayDepartment of Veterinary Medicine , University of Cambridge , Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ES , UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2752-1127
Raymond BujdosoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine , University of Cambridge , Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ES , UK.
Tuomas P J KnowlesDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK . Email: dk10012@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-0016-3008
David KlenermanDepartment of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK . Email: dk10012@cam.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K015850/1National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/K000462/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aggregation of the prion protein (PrP) plays a key role in the development of prion diseases. In the past decade, a similar process has been associated with other proteins, such as Aβ, tau, and α-synuclein, which participate in other neurodegenerative diseases. It is increasingly recognized that the small oligomeric species of aggregates can play an important role in the development of prion diseases. However, determining the nature of the oligomers formed during the aggregation process has been experimentally difficult due to the lack of suitable methods capable of the detection and characterization of the low level of oligomers that may form. To address this problem, we have utilized single-aggregate methods to study the early events associated with aggregation of recombinant murine PrP

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PMCPMC6492631

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