Aβ amyloid fibrils possess a core structure highly resistant to hydrogen exchange

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作者
Kheterpal, I
Zhou, S
Cook, KD
Wetzel, R [1 ]
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[1] Univ Tennessee, Med Ctr, Grad Sch Med, Knoxville, TN 37920 USA
[2] Univ Tennessee, Dept Chem, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
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10.1073/pnas.250288897
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We describe here experiments designed to characterize the secondary structure of amyloid fibrils of the Alzheimer's amyloid plaque peptide A beta, using hydrogen-deuterium exchange measurements evaluated by mass spectrometry. The results show that approximate to 50% of the amide protons of the polypeptide backbone of A beta (1-40) resist exchange in aqueous, neutral pH buffer even after more than 1,000 h of incubation at room temperature. We attribute this extensive, strong protection to H-bonding by residues in core regions of beta -sheet structure within the fibril. The backbone amide hydrogens exchange at variable rates, suggesting different degrees of protection within the fibril. These data suggest that it is unlikely that the entire A beta sequence is involved in H-bonded secondary structure within the amyloid fibril. Future studies using the methods described here should reveal further details of A beta fibril structure and assembly. These methods also should be amenable to studies of other amyloid fibrils and protein aggregates.
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