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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2024

Photocontrol of the β-Hairpin Polypeptide Structure through an Optimized Azobenzene-Based Amino Acid Analogue.

Raffaella Parlato, Jana Volarić, Alessia Lasorsa, Mahdi Bagherpoor Helabad, Piermichele Kobauri, Greeshma Jain, Markus S Miettinen, Ben L Feringa, Wiktor Szymanski, Patrick C A van der Wel

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024. 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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6citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Raffaella ParlatoZernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1086-0501
Jana VolarićStratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Alessia LasorsaZernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6793-5845
Mahdi Bagherpoor HelabadDepartment of Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.
Piermichele KobauriStratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Greeshma JainZernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Markus S MiettinenComputational Biology Unit, Departments of Chemistry and Informatics, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-3999-4722
Ben L FeringaStratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0588-8435
Wiktor SzymanskiStratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Patrick C A van der WelZernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5390-3321
University of Groningen · NLMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · DEUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Bergen · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A family of neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxias, are associated with an abnormal polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in mutant proteins that become prone to form amyloid-like aggregates. Prior studies have suggested a key role for β-hairpin formation as a driver of nucleation and aggregation, but direct experimental studies have been challenging. Toward such research, we set out to enable spatiotemporal control over β-hairpin formation by the introduction of a photosensitive β-turn mimic in the polypeptide backbone, consisting of a newly designed azobenzene derivative. The reported derivative overcomes the limitations of prior approaches associated with poor photochemical properties and imperfect structural compatibility with the desired β-turn structure. A new azobenzene-based β-turn mimic was designed, synthesized, and found to display improved photochemical properties, both prior and after incorporation into the backbone of a polyQ polypeptide. The two isomers of the azobenzene-polyQ peptide showed different aggregate structures of the polyQ peptide fibrils, as demonstrated by electron microscopy and solid-state NMR (ssNMR). Notably, only peptides in which the β-turn structure was stabilized (azobenzene in the

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Huntington DiseaseNeurodegenerative DiseasesAmino AcidsAzo CompoundsHumansPeptidesAmino AcidsazobenzeneAzo CompoundsPeptides

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