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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Structure and Aggregation Mechanisms in Amyloids.

Zaida L Almeida, Rui M M Brito

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Tau4RD fibril polymorphism is imprinted during early aggregation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Zaida L AlmeidaChemistry Department and Coimbra Chemistry Centre, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4097-2766
Rui M M BritoChemistry Department and Coimbra Chemistry Centre, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9128-2557

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia SFRH/BD/137991/2018Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UID/QUI/00313/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aggregation of a polypeptide chain into amyloid fibrils and their accumulation and deposition into insoluble plaques and intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of several misfolding diseases known as amyloidoses. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases are some of the approximately 50 amyloid diseases described to date. The identification and characterization of the molecular species critical for amyloid formation and disease development have been the focus of intense scrutiny. Methods such as X-ray and electron diffraction, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (ssNMR) and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) have been extensively used and they have contributed to shed a new light onto the structure of amyloid, revealing a multiplicity of polymorphic structures that generally fit the cross-β amyloid motif. The development of rational therapeutic approaches against these debilitating and increasingly frequent misfolding diseases requires a thorough understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the amyloid cascade. Here, we review the current knowledge on amyloid fibril formation for several proteins and peptides from a kinetic and thermodynamic point of view, the structure of the molecular species involved in the amyloidogenic process, and the origin of their cytotoxicity.

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Models, MolecularProtein AggregatesProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProtein ConformationAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceAmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsComputational BiologyHumansKineticsMolecular StructureProtein BindingStructure-Activity RelationshipThermodynamicsAmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesProtein Aggregatesaggregatesaggregationaggregation mechanismsamyloid dyesamyloid fibrilsamyloidosisamyloid structuremisfolding diseasesoligomerssteric zipper

Identifiers

PMID32155822
PMCPMC7179426

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