Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 586, Issue 12, Pages 1687-1692Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.04.062
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid precursor protein; Transmembrane domain; Dimerization; NMR spectroscopy; Spatial structure
Funding
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [11-04-01795]
- Russian Academy of Science
- Russian Funds Investment Group
- Federal Target Program Research and development in priority fields of Russian scientific and technological complex [16.512.11.2079]
- Beirit K.A.
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Some pathogenic mutations associated with Alzheimer's disease are thought to affect structural-dynamic properties and the lateral dimerization of amyloid precursor protein (APP) in neuron membrane. Dimeric structure of APP transmembrane fragment Gln(686)-Lys(726) was determined in membrane-mimicking dodecylphosphocholine micelles using high-resolution NMR spectroscopy. The APP membrane-spanning alpha-helix Lys(699)-Lys(724) self-associates in a left-handed parallel dimer through extended heptad repeat motif I(702)X(3)M(706)X(2)G(709)X(3)A(713)X(2)I(716)X(3)I(720)X(2)I(723), whereas the juxta-membrane region Gln(686)-Val(695) constitutes the nascent helix, also sensing the dimerization. The dimerization mechanism of APP transmembrane domain has been described at atomic resolution for the first time and is important for understanding molecular events of APP sequential proteolytical cleavage resulting in amyloid-beta peptide. Structured summary of protein interactions: APPjmtm and APPjmtm bind by comigration in gel electrophoresis (View interaction) APPjmtm and APPjmtm bind by nuclear magnetic resonance (View interaction). (c) 2012 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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