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ArticleNature communications2020

Molecular structure and interactions within amyloid-like fibrils formed by a low-complexity protein sequence from FUS.

Myungwoon Lee, Ujjayini Ghosh, Kent R Thurber, Masato Kato, Robert Tycko

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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Myungwoon LeeLaboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-0520, USA.
Ujjayini GhoshLaboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-0520, USA.
Kent R ThurberLaboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-0520, USA.
Masato KatoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75390-9152, USA.
Robert TyckoLaboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-0520, USA. robertty@mail.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0001-7039-7275

Funding

Structural Studies of Prion Fibrils and Other Protein FibrilsZIADK075031 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI TYCKO, ROBERT · 2009 to 2025
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein domains without the usual distribution of amino acids, called low complexity (LC) domains, can be prone to self-assembly into amyloid-like fibrils. Self-assembly of LC domains that are nearly devoid of hydrophobic residues, such as the 214-residue LC domain of the RNA-binding protein FUS, is particularly intriguing from the biophysical perspective and is biomedically relevant due to its occurrence within neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, and other neurodegenerative diseases. We report a high-resolution molecular structural model for fibrils formed by the C-terminal half of the FUS LC domain (FUS-LC-C, residues 111-214), based on a density map with 2.62 Å resolution from cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). In the FUS-LC-C fibril core, residues 112-150 adopt U-shaped conformations and form two subunits with in-register, parallel cross-β structures, arranged with quasi-2

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AmyloidCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansHydrogen BondingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular StructureProtein ConformationProtein DomainsProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsRNA-Binding Protein FUSSequence Analysis, ProteinAmyloidFUS protein, humanRNA-Binding Protein FUS

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PMID33184287
PMCPMC7665218

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