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ArticleScientific reports2019

Cinnamaldehyde and Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol promote the entrapment of intermediate species of HEWL, as revealed by structural, kinetics and thermal stability studies.

Zahra Seraj, Matthew R Groves, Arefeh Seyedarabi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. 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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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zahra SerajDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Matthew R GrovesDepartment of Drug design, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Arefeh SeyedarabiDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. a.seyedarabi@ut.ac.ir.
University of Tehran · IRUniversity of Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous efforts have been directed towards investigating the different stages leading to the fibrillation process in neurodegenerative diseases and finding the factors modulating it. In this study, using a wide range of molecular techniques as well as fibrillation kinetics coupled with differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) and crystal structure determination of HEWL treated with cinnamaldehyde (Cin) and Phenyl ethyl alcohol (PEA) in their aroma form during fibrillation, we were able to identify the binding positions of Cin and PEA in HEWL. Additionally, crystal structures were used to suggest residues Thr43, Asn44, Arg45 and Arg68 as a plausible 'hotspot' promoting entrapment of intermediate species in the process of fibril formation in HEWL. We were also able to use DSF to show that Cin can significantly decrease the thermal stability of HEWL, promoting the formation of partially unfolded intermediate species. In conclusion, our data led us to emphasize that compounds in their 'aroma form' can influence the structure and stability of protein molecules and suggest reconsideration of HEWL as a model protein for fibrillation studies related to neurodegenerative diseases based on the initial structure of the proteins, whether globular (HEWL) or intrinsically disordered.

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AcroleinAnimalsBinding SitesChickensCircular DichroismHot TemperatureKineticsMuramidaseNeurodegenerative DiseasesPhenolPhenylethyl AlcoholProtein BindingProtein DenaturationProtein FoldingStatic ElectricityAcroleincinnamaldehydehen egg lysozymeMuramidasePhenolPhenylethyl Alcohol

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