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Amyloid fibrils prepared using an acetylated and methyl amidated peptide model of the alpha-Synuclein NAC 71-82 amino acid stretch contain an additional cross-beta structure also found in prion proteins
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences. Linnaeus University, Linnaeus Knowledge Environments, Advanced Materials.
FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden;Uppsala University, Sweden. (Linnaeus Ctr Biomat Chem, BMC;BBCL)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1253-4283
FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences. Linnaeus University, Linnaeus Knowledge Environments, Advanced Materials. (Linnaeus Ctr Biomat Chem, BMC;PPL)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7392-0591
2019 (English)In: Scientific Reports, E-ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 9, p. 1-14, article id 15949Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The 71-82 fragment of the non-amyloid-beta component (NAC) region of the Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) related protein alpha-Synuclein, has been reported to be important during protein misfolding. Although reports have demonstrated the importance of this fragment for the aggregation properties of the full-length protein, its exact role in pre-fibrillar oligomerisation, fibrillar growth and morphology has not yet been fully elucidated. Here, we provide evidence that fibrils prepared from an acetylated and methyl amidated peptide of the NAC 71-82 amino acid stretch of alpha-Synuclein are amyloid and contain, in addition to the cross-beta structure detected in the full-length protein fibrils, a cross-beta structure previously observed in prion proteins. These results shed light on the aggregation propensity of the NAC 71-82 amino acid stretch of the full-length protein but also the roles of the N- and C-terminal domains of alpha-Synuclein in balancing this aggregation propensity. The results also suggest that early aggregated forms of the capped NAC 71-82 peptide generated structures were stabilised by an anti-parallel and twisted beta-sheet motif. Due to its expected toxicity, this beta-sheet motif may be a promising molecular target for the development of therapeutic strategies for PD and DLB.

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Nature Publishing Group, 2019. Vol. 9, p. 1-14, article id 15949
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90198DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52206-5ISI: 000493898100057PubMedID: 31685848Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85074357322OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-90198DiVA, id: diva2:1371908
Available from: 2019-11-21 Created: 2019-11-21 Last updated: 2023-01-18Bibliographically approved

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