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JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 131, Issue 1, Pages 45-52Publisher
JAPANESE BIOCHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a003076
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amyloid; beta(2)-microglobulin; conformational-disease; disulfide
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beta(2)-Microglobulin (beta2M), the light chain of the type I major histocompatibility complex, is a major component of dialysis-related amyloid fibrils. beta2M in the native state has a typical immunoglobulin fold with a buried intrachain disulfide bond. The conformation and stability of recombinant beta2M in which the intrachain disulfide bond was reduced were studied by CD, tryptophan fluorescence, and one-dimensional NMR. The conformation of the reduced beta2M in the absence of denaturant at pH 8.5 was similar to that of the intact protein unless the thiol groups were modified. However, reduction of the disulfide bond decreased the stability as measured by denaturation in guanidine hydrochloride. Intact beta2M formed amyloid fibrils at pH 2.5 by extension reaction using sonicated amyloid fibrils as seeds. Under the same conditions, reduced beta2M did not form typical amyloid fibrils, although it inhibited fibril extension competitively, suggesting that the conformation defined by the disulfide bond is important for amyloid fibril formation of beta2M.
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