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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024

High-Resolution Cryo-EM Structure Determination of α-synuclein - A Prototypical Amyloid Fibril.

Juan C Sanchez, Josh Pierson, Collin G Borcik, Chad M Rienstra, Elizabeth R Wright

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Juan C SanchezDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA 53706.
Josh PiersonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA 53706.
Collin G BorcikDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA 53706.
Chad M RienstraDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA 53706.
Elizabeth R WrightDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA 53706.ORCID 0000-0003-0712-9475

Funding

The Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron TomographyU24GM139168 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WRIGHT, ELIZABETH R · 2020 to 2025
$41.7M
Biotechnology Training ProgramT32GM135066 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SCOTT M. COYLE, BRIAN G FOX · 2020 to 2026
$7.0M
Technologies for Solid-State NMR Data CollectionP41GM136463 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WESTLER, WILLIAM MILO · 2021 to 2025
$6.4M
Structural Biology of Alpha-Synuclein in Lewy Body DementiaRF1NS110436 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KOTZBAUER, PAUL T, RIENSTRA, CHAD M · 2023 to 2023
$4.2M
Structural Biology and Biophysics of Alpha-Synuclein Fibrils by Solid-State NMRF32GM149118 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BORCIK, COLLIN GRIFFIN · 2023 to 2024
$143k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM149118NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM136463NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM135066NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM139168NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS110436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The physiological role of α-synuclein (α-syn), an intrinsically disordered presynaptic neuronal protein, is believed to impact the release of neurotransmitters through interactions with the SNARE complex. However, under certain cellular conditions that are not well understood, α-syn will self-assemble into β-sheet rich fibrils that accumulate and form insoluble neuronal inclusions. Studies of patient derived brain tissues have concluded that these inclusions are associated with Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, and other synuclein related diseases called synucleinopathies. In addition, repetitions of and specific mutations to the SNCA gene, the gene that encodes α-syn, results in an increased disposition for synucleinopathies. The latest advances in cryo-EM structure determination and real-space helical reconstruction methods have resulted in over 60

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alpha-Synucleinamyloid proteinscryo-EMhelical reconstructionneurodegenerationvitrification

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PMID39345396
PMCPMC11429748

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