期刊
ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 12, 期 9, 页码 1621-1631出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00084
关键词
Tau; paired-helical filaments; hyperphosphorylation; O-GlcNAcylation
资金
- Department of Science and Technology, India [IFA-13 CH-104]
- Department of Biotechnology, India [BT/PR15143/BID/7/553/2015]
- University Grants Commission, India [RGNF-2015-17-SC-DEL-15206]
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
The study focuses on understanding the factors affecting the structural stability of PHFs in tauopathies, including phosphorylated and O-GlcNAcylated tau. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal the unique dimeric C-shaped structure of the human tau protein and the structural effects of post-translational modifications, particularly phosphorylation. Phosphorylation induces a conformational transition from the C to the H conformation due to the loss of a key salt bridge, while O-GlcNAcylation maintains the C conformation.
Taupathies involve the deposition of abnormal tau protein into neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in the human brain. The abnormally hyperphosphorylated tau dissociates from microtubules and forms insoluble aggregates known as paired helical filaments (PHFs), highlighting the importance of post-translational modifications in taupathies. The present study examines the factors responsible for the structural stability of PHFs in native as well as in phosphorylated and O-GlcNAcylated tau. We carried out molecular dynamics simulations on the R3-R4 repeat domains of the human tau protein to gain atomic insights into the key noncovalent interactions responsible for their unique dimeric C-shaped structure. The structural effects upon post-translational modification were found to be prominent for phosphorylation when compared with O-GlcNAcylation. O-GlcNAcylated tau was found to retain the C conformation observed in the native tau PHF, whereas upon phosphorylation, we observed a conformational transition to a more opened H conformation. We found that this conformational transition is brought about by the loss of a key salt bridge between Lys353 and Asp358 due to the phosphorylation at Ser356 that results in the reorganization of the dimeric interface.
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