Kinetic intermediates in amyloid assembly

Chen Liang, Rong Ni, Jillian E. Smith-Carpenter, W. Seth Childers, Anil K. Mehta, David G. Lynn

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Abstract

In contrast to an expected Ostwald-like ripening of amyloid assemblies, the nucleating core of the Dutch mutant of the Aβ peptide of Alzheimer’s disease assembles through a series of conformational transitions. Structural characterization of the intermediate assemblies by isotope-edited IR and solid-state NMR reveals unexpected strand orientation intermediates and suggests new nucleation mechanisms in a progressive assembly pathway.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume136
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2014

Disciplines

  • Chemistry
  • Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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