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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 102, 期 2, 页码 315-324出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.12.002
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- National Eye Institute [PN2EY016525]
The aggregation of amyloid beta (A beta) peptides plays an important role in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Despite extensive effort, it has been difficult to characterize the secondary and tertiary structure of the A beta monomer, the starting point for aggregation, due to its hydrophobicity and high aggregation propensity. Here, we employ extensive molecular dynamics simulations with atomistic protein and water models to determine structural ensembles for A beta(42), A beta(40), and A beta(42)-E22K (the Italian mutant) monomers in solution. Sampling of a total of >700 microseconds in all-atom detail with explicit solvent enables us to observe the effects of peptide length and a pathogenic mutation on the disordered A beta monomer structural ensemble. A beta(42) and A beta(40) have crudely similar characteristics but reducing the peptide length from 42 to 40 residues reduces beta-hairpin formation near the C-terminus. The pathogenic Italian E22K mutation induces helix formation in the region of residues 20-24. This structural alteration may increase helix-helix interactions between monomers, resulting in altered mechanism and kinetics of A beta oligomerization.
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