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Spontaneous beta-barrel formation: an all-atom study of Abeta(16-22) oligomerization

Irbäck, Anders LU orcid and Mitternacht, Simon LU (2008) In Proteins 71(1). p.207-214
Abstract
Using all-atom Monte Carlo simulations with implicit water, combined with a cluster size analysis, we study the aggregation of A16-22, a peptide capable of forming amyloid fibrils. We consider a system of six initially randomly oriented A16-22 peptides, and investigate the thermodynamics and structural properties of aggregates formed by this system. The system is unaggregated without ordered secondary structure at high temperature, and forms -sheet rich aggregates at low temperature. At the crossover between these two regimes, we find that clusters of all sizes occur, whereas the -strand content is low. In one of several runs, we observe the spontaneous formation of a -barrel with six antiparallel strands. The -barrel stands out as the by... (More)
Using all-atom Monte Carlo simulations with implicit water, combined with a cluster size analysis, we study the aggregation of A16-22, a peptide capable of forming amyloid fibrils. We consider a system of six initially randomly oriented A16-22 peptides, and investigate the thermodynamics and structural properties of aggregates formed by this system. The system is unaggregated without ordered secondary structure at high temperature, and forms -sheet rich aggregates at low temperature. At the crossover between these two regimes, we find that clusters of all sizes occur, whereas the -strand content is low. In one of several runs, we observe the spontaneous formation of a -barrel with six antiparallel strands. The -barrel stands out as the by far most long-lived aggregate seen in our simulations. (Less)
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protein aggregation, self-assembly, cluster size analysis, amyloid-, protein misfolding
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Proteins
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71
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1
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207 - 214
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • wos:000254035500020
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0887-3585
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10.1002/prot.21682
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English
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  author       = {{Irbäck, Anders and Mitternacht, Simon}},
  issn         = {{0887-3585}},
  keywords     = {{protein aggregation; self-assembly; cluster size analysis; amyloid-; protein misfolding}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{207--214}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Proteins}},
  title        = {{Spontaneous beta-barrel formation: an all-atom study of Abeta(16-22) oligomerization}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.21682}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/prot.21682}},
  volume       = {{71}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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