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ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 10, 期 3, 页码 1135-1136出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.9b00090
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Alpha-synuclein; cryo-EM; Greek key; protofilament; steric zipper; Parkinson's disease
Recent expeditious advances in the determination of the 3-D structure of fibrils of alpha-synuclein, the intrinsically disordered protein associated with the neurodegenerative Parkinson's disease (PD), have identified amino acid contacts that form the fibril's inter-protofilament interface. The residues that constitute this steric zipper interface determine the morphology of the fibrils as well as toxicity of the oligomeric building units or kernels which lead to the formation of the protofilaments. The zipper interface houses key amino acid residues involved in familial PD that can be targeted by drug design.
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