Early mechanisms of amyloid fibril nucleation in model and disease-related proteins |
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Institution: | 1. Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, CT2 7NJ Canterbury, UK;2. School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, CT2 7NH Canterbury, UK;1. Molecular Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry Group, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India;2. Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India |
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Abstract: | Protein amyloid aggregation is a hallmark in neuropathologies and other diseases of tremendous impact such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s diseases. During the last decade, it has become increasingly evident that neuronal death is mainly induced by proteinaceous oligomers rather than the mature amyloid fibrils. Therefore, the earliest molecular events occurring during the amyloid aggregation cascade represent a growing interest of study.Important breakthroughs have been achieved using experimental data from different proteins, used as models, as well as systems related to diseases. Here, we summarize the structural properties of amyloid oligomeric and fibrillar aggregates and review the recent advances on how biophysical techniques can be combined with quantitative kinetic analysis and theoretical models to study the detailed mechanism of oligomer formation and nucleation of fibrils.These insights into the mechanism of early oligomerization and amyloid nucleation are of relevant interest in drug discovery and in the design of preventive strategies against neurodegenerative diseases. |
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