Proteins with a high propensity to aggregate can be largely prevented from doing so with surprisingly small changes to their primary structure. By using a combination of rational design and quantitative measurements of aggregation rates, we show that adding a single charge in specific "gatekeeper" regions is sufficient to change the timescale for amyloid fibril growth from minutes to weeks, thereby dramatically reducing the efficiency of this process.
Position-dependent electrostatic protection against protein aggregation / Buell, A. K.; Tartaglia, G. G.; Birkett, N. R.; Waudby, C. A.; Vendruscolo, M.; Salvatella, X.; Welland, M. E.; Dobson, C. M.; Knowles, T. P. J.. - In: CHEMBIOCHEM. - ISSN 1439-4227. - 10:8(2009), pp. 1309-1312. [10.1002/cbic.200900144]
Titolo: | Position-dependent electrostatic protection against protein aggregation | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2009 | |
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Citazione: | Position-dependent electrostatic protection against protein aggregation / Buell, A. K.; Tartaglia, G. G.; Birkett, N. R.; Waudby, C. A.; Vendruscolo, M.; Salvatella, X.; Welland, M. E.; Dobson, C. M.; Knowles, T. P. J.. - In: CHEMBIOCHEM. - ISSN 1439-4227. - 10:8(2009), pp. 1309-1312. [10.1002/cbic.200900144] | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1451819 | |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01a Articolo in rivista |
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