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ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING
卷 16, 期 1, 页码 1-15出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.3936
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- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (Spain) [BFU2010-14901, BFU2010-19451, BFU2010-16297]
- AGAUR (Generalitat de Catalunya) [2009-SGR-760, 2009-CTP-00004]
- grupo consolidado Protein Targets (Gobierno de Aragon) [B89]
- ICREA
Aims: The failure of proteins to fold or to remain folded very often leads to their deposition into amyloid fibrils and is the origin of a variety of human diseases. Accordingly, mutations that destabilize the native conformation are associated with pathological phenotypes in several protein models. Protein backbone cyclization by disulfide bond crosslinking strongly reduces the entropy of the unfolded state and, usually, increases protein stability. The effect of protein cyclization on the thermodynamic and kinetics of folding has been extensively studied, but little is know on its effect on aggregation reactions. Results: The SRC homology 3 domain (SH3) of p85 alpha subunit of bovine phosphatidyl-inositol-3'-kinase (PI3-SH3) domain is a small globular protein, whose folding and amyloid properties are well characterized. Here we describe the effect of polypeptide backbone cyclization on both processes. Innovation: We show that a cyclized PI3-SH3 variant is more stable, folds faster, aggregates slower, and forms conformationally and functionally different amyloid fibrils than the wild-type domain. Conclusion: Disulfide bridges may act as key molecular determinants of both productive protein folding and deleterious aggregation reactions. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 16, 1-15.
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