Aggregating the amyloid Abeta(11-25) peptide into a four-stranded beta-sheet structure
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A11-positive β-amyloid Oligomer Preparation and Assessment Using Dot Blotting Analysis
Published on: May 22, 2018
Geneviève Boucher1, Normand Mousseau, Philippe Derreumaux
1Département de Physique and Centre Robert-Cedergren en bioinformatique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.
Abstract:
We present a detailed analysis of the structural properties of one monomer of Abeta(11-25) as well as of the aggregation mechanisms for four chains of Abeta(11-25) using the activation-relaxation technique coupled with a generic energy potential. Starting from a random distribution of these four chains, we find that the system assembles rapidly into a random globular state that evolves into three- and four-stranded antiparallel beta-sheets. The aggregation process is considerably accelerated by the presence of preformed dimers. We also find that the reptation mechanism already identified in shorter peptides plays a significant role here in allowing the structure to reorganize without having to fully dissociate.
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