期刊
PROTEIN SCIENCE
卷 22, 期 8, 页码 1037-1048出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2290
关键词
tau; Alzheimer's; amyloid; microtubule-binding repeat; microtubule-binding domain; protein aggregation; paired helical filaments; PHF6; PHF6*
资金
- NIH/NIA [R01AG025440, R37AG019391]
- NIH [P41 GM66354]
- NIH
- Keck Foundation, New York State
- NYC Economic Development Corporation
- Irma T. Hirschl Foundation
The protein tau is found in an aggregated filamentous state in the intraneuronal paired helical filament deposits characteristic of Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias and mutations in tau protein and mRNA cause frontotemproal dementia. Tau isoforms include a microtubule-binding domain containing either three or four imperfect tandem microtubule binding repeats that also form the core of tau filaments and contain hexapaptide motifs that are critical for tau aggregation. The tau microtubule-binding domain can also engage in direct interactions with detergents, fatty acids, or membranes, which can greatly facilitate tau aggregation and may also mediate some tau functions. Here, we show that the alternatively spliced second microtubule-binding repeat exhibits significantly different structural characteristics compared with the other three repeats in the context of the intact repeat domain. Most notably, the PHF6(star) hexapeptide motif located at the N-terminus of repeat 2 has a lower propensity to form strand-like structure than the corresponding PHF6 motif in repeat 3, and unlike PHF6 converts to partially helical structure in the micelle-bound state. Interestingly, the behavior of the Module-B motif, located at the beginning of repeat 4, resembles that of PHF6(star) rather than PHF6. Our observations, combined with previous results showing that PHF6(star) and Module-B are both less effective than PHF6 in nucleating tau aggregation, suggest a hierarchy in the efficacy of these motifs in nucleating tau aggregation that originates in differences in their intrinsic propensities for extended strand-like structure and the resistance of these propensities to changes in tau's environment.
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