期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 23, 期 16, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169502
关键词
amyloid; secondary structure; alpha-helix unfolding; beta-structure; left-handed alpha-helix; hydrogen bonds; transthyretin; protein folding; early stage of folding; misfolding
资金
- Jagiellonian University Medical College [N41/DBS/000722]
The experimentally determined structures of amyloid forms are primarily characterized by the two-dimensional forms of a single polypeptide chain, which is made possible by the beta structure and the numerous hydrogen bonds. This study proposes a possible mechanism for obtaining such a structure based on the geometric characterization of the polypeptide chain and molecular dynamics results. The potential mechanism of amyloid transformation is presented using transthyretin and amyloid A beta as examples.
The specificity of the available experimentally determined structures of amyloid forms is expressed primarily by the two- and not three-dimensional forms of a single polypeptide chain. Such a flat structure is possible due to the beta structure, which occurs predominantly. The stabilization of the fibril in this structure is achieved due to the presence of the numerous hydrogen bonds between the adjacent chains. Together with the different forms of twists created by the single R- or L-handed alpha-helices, they form the hydrogen bond network. The specificity of the arrangement of these hydrogen bonds lies in their joint orientation in a system perpendicular to the plane formed by the chain and parallel to the fibril axis. The present work proposes the possible mechanism for obtaining such a structure based on the geometric characterization of the polypeptide chain constituting the basis of our early intermediate model for protein folding introduced formerly. This model, being the conformational subspace of Ramachandran plot (the ellipse path), was developed on the basis of the backbone conformation, with the side-chain interactions excluded. Our proposal is also based on the results from molecular dynamics available in the literature leading to the unfolding of alpha-helical sections, resulting in the beta-structural forms. Both techniques used provide a similar suggestion in a search for a mechanism of conformational changes leading to a formation of the amyloid form. The potential mechanism of amyloid transformation is presented here using the fragment of the transthyretin as well as amyloid A beta.
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