Conformational and aggregation properties of the 1-93 fragment of apolipoprotein A-I.
Författare
Summary, in English
Several disease-linked mutations of apolipoprotein A-I, the major protein in high-density lipoprotein (HDL), are known to be amyloidogenic, and the fibrils often contain N-terminal fragments of the protein. Here, we present a combined computational and experimental study of the fibril-associated disordered 1-93 fragment of this protein, in wild-type and mutated (G26R, S36A, K40L, W50R) forms. In atomic-level Monte Carlo simulations of the free monomer, validated by circular dichroism spectroscopy, we observe changes in the position-dependent β-strand probability induced by mutations. We find that these conformational shifts match well with the effects of these mutations in thioflavin T fluorescence and transmission electron microscopy experiments. Together, our results point to molecular mechanisms that may have a key role in disease-linked aggregation of apolipoprotein A-I.
Avdelning/ar
- Medical Protein Science
- Dermatologi och venereologi, Lund
Publiceringsår
2014
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1559-1571
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Protein Science
Volym
23
Issue
11
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
The Protein Society
Ämne
- Cell and Molecular Biology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Medical Protein Science
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1469-896X