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ArticleJournal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry2023

Determining the Location of the α-Synuclein Dimer Interface Using Native Top-Down Fragmentation and Isotope Depletion-Mass Spectrometry.

Kiani Jeacock, Alexandre Chappard, Kelly J Gallagher, C Logan Mackay, David P A Kilgour, Mathew H Horrocks, Tilo Kunath, David J Clarke

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Article in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kiani JeacockThe EastCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-9978-7963
Alexandre ChappardThe EastCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-9522-2575
Kelly J GallagherThe EastCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.
C Logan MackayThe EastCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-1018-8353
David P A KilgourChemistry and Forensics, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3860-7532
Mathew H HorrocksThe EastCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.
Tilo KunathCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, U.K.
David J ClarkeThe EastCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3741-2952
University of Edinburgh · GBMRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine · GBNottingham Trent University · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M010996/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-Synuclein (αSyn), a 140-residue intrinsically disordered protein, comprises the primary proteinaceous component of pathology-associated Lewy body inclusions in Parkinson's disease (PD). Due to its association with PD, αSyn is studied extensively; however, the endogenous structure and physiological roles of this protein are yet to be fully understood. Here, ion mobility-mass spectrometry and native top-down electron capture dissociation fragmentation have been used to elucidate the structural properties associated with a stable, naturally occurring dimeric species of αSyn. This stable dimer appears in both wild-type (WT) αSyn and the PD-associated variant A53E. Furthermore, we integrated a novel method for generating isotopically depleted protein into our native top-down workflow. Isotope depletion increases signal-to-noise ratio and reduces the spectral complexity of fragmentation data, enabling the monoisotopic peak of low abundant fragment ions to be observed. This enables the accurate and confident assignment of fragments unique to the αSyn dimer to be assigned and structural information about this species to be inferred. Using this approach, we were able to identify fragments unique to the dimer, which demonstrates a C-terminal to C-terminal interaction between the monomer subunits. The approach in this study holds promise for further investigation into the structural properties of endogenous multimeric species of αSyn.

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Intrinsically Disordered ProteinsParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinHumansMass Spectrometryalpha-SynucleinIntrinsically Disordered Proteins

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PMID36976861
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