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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 422, Issue 3, Pages 390-402Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.05.034
Keywords
amyloid fibril; NMR; transient complex; R-2 relaxation dispersion; transferred cross-saturation
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- Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research [21770169]
- Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports [23107719]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22390075, 21113003] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Amyloid fibrils are proteinous aggregates associated with various diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, type II diabetes, and dialysis-related amyloidosis. It is generally thought that, during the progression of these diseases, a precursor peptide or protein assumes a partially denatured structure, which interacts with the fibril seed to change into the final amyloid form. beta 2-Microglobulin (beta 2m), associated with dialysis-related amyloidosis, is known to form amyloid fibrils at low pH via a partially structured state. However, the molecular mechanism by which the conformation of beta 2m changes from the precursor to the final fibril structure is poorly understood. We performed various NMR experiments to characterize acid-denatured beta 2m. The analysis of the transverse relaxation rates revealed that acid-denatured beta 2m undergoes a structural exchange with an extensively unfolded form. The results of transferred cross-saturation experiments indicated that residues with a residual structure in the acid-denatured state are associated with the interaction with the fibril seed. Our experimental data suggest the partially structured state to be activated to become extensively unfolded, in which state the hydrophobic residues are exposed and associate with the seed. Our results provide general information about the extension of amyloid fibrils. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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