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ArticleACS chemical neuroscience2023

Disease-Associated Mutations in Tau Encode for Changes in Aggregate Structure Conformation.

Kerry T Sun, Tark Patel, Sang-Gyun Kang, Allan Yarahmady, Mahalashmi Srinivasan, Olivier Julien, Jónathan Heras, Sue-Ann Mok

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Article in ACS chemical neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Inducers and modulators of protein aggregation in Alzheimer's disease - Critical tools for understanding the foundations of aggregate structures.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kerry T SunDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.
Tark PatelDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.
Sang-Gyun KangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.ORCID 0000-0002-6875-113X
Allan YarahmadyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.ORCID 0009-0008-0397-7294
Mahalashmi SrinivasanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.
Olivier JulienDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.ORCID 0000-0001-7068-7299
Jónathan HerasDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain 26004.ORCID 0000-0003-4775-1306
Sue-Ann MokDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.ORCID 0000-0003-4593-3368
University of Alberta · CAUniversidad de La Rioja · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The accumulation of tau fibrils is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, which are collectively termed tauopathies. Cryo-EM studies have shown that the packed fibril core of tau adopts distinct structures in different tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease, corticobasal degeneration, and progressive supranuclear palsy. A subset of tauopathies are linked to missense mutations in the tau protein, but it is not clear whether these mutations impact the structure of tau fibrils. To answer this question, we developed a high-throughput protein purification platform and purified a panel of 37 tau variants using the full-length 0N4R splice isoform. Each of these variants was used to create fibrils

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Alzheimer DiseaseTauopathiesHumansMutationtau Proteinstau Proteinsaggregation kineticsdisease mutationsprotein conformationproteolysistau aggregationtauopathies

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