ArticleProteins2024
Pyroglutamylation modulates electronic properties and the conformational ensemble of the amyloid β-peptide.
Article in Proteins, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by the formation of extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques. The underlying cause of AD is unknown, however, post-translational modifications (PTMs) of Aβ have been found in AD patients and are thought to play a role in protein aggregation. One such PTM is pyroglutamylation, which can occur at two sites in Aβ, Glu3 and Glu11. This modification of Aβ involves the truncation and charge-neutralization of N-terminal glutamate, causing Aβ to become more hydrophobic and prone to aggregation. The molecular mechanism by which the introduction of pyroglutamate (pE) promotes aggregation has not been determined. To gain a greater understanding of the role that charge neutralization and truncation of the N-terminus plays on Aβ conformational sampling, we used the Drude polarizable force field (FF) to perform molecular dynamics simulations on Aβ
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