Conserved core of amyloid fibrils of wild type and A30P mutant α-synuclein
Conserved core of amyloid fibrils of wild type and A30P mutant α-synuclein
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10.1002/pro.570
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发表时间:
2011-02-01
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Zweckstetter, Markus
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Cho, Min-Kyu;Kim, Hai-Young;Zweckstetter, Markus
The major component of neural inclusions that are the pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease are amyloid fibrils of the protein a-synuclein (aS). Here we investigated if the disease-related mutation A30P not only modulates the kinetics of aS aggregation, but also alters the structure of amyloid fibrils. To this end we optimized the method of quenched hydrogen/deuterium exchange coupled to NMR spectroscopy and performed two-dimensional proton-detected high-resolution magic angle spinning experiments. The combined data indicate that the A30P mutation does not cause changes in the number, location and overall arrangement of beta-strands in amyloid fibrils of aS. At the same time, several residues within the fibrillar core retain nano-second dynamics. We conclude that the increased pathogenicity related to the familial A30P mutation is unlikely to be caused by a mutation-induced change in the conformation of aS aggregates.