2bfi
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'''MOLECULAR BASIS FOR AMYLOID FIBRIL FORMATION AND STABILITY''' | '''MOLECULAR BASIS FOR AMYLOID FIBRIL FORMATION AND STABILITY''' | ||
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==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
- | 2BFI is a [[Single protein]] structure | + | 2BFI is a [[Single protein]] structure. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2BFI OCA]. |
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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[[Category: Sikorski, P.]] | [[Category: Sikorski, P.]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:13, 3 May 2008
MOLECULAR BASIS FOR AMYLOID FIBRIL FORMATION AND STABILITY
Overview
The molecular structure of the amyloid fibril has remained elusive because of the difficulty of growing well diffracting crystals. By using a sequence-designed polypeptide, we have produced crystals of an amyloid fiber. These crystals diffract to high resolution (1 A) by electron and x-ray diffraction, enabling us to determine a detailed structure for amyloid. The structure reveals that the polypeptides form fibrous crystals composed of antiparallel beta-sheets in a cross-beta arrangement, characteristic of all amyloid fibers, and allows us to determine the side-chain packing within an amyloid fiber. The antiparallel beta-sheets are zipped together by means of pi-bonding between adjacent phenylalanine rings and salt-bridges between charge pairs (glutamic acid-lysine), thus controlling and stabilizing the structure. These interactions are likely to be important in the formation and stability of other amyloid fibrils.
About this Structure
2BFI is a Single protein structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Molecular basis for amyloid fibril formation and stability., Makin OS, Atkins E, Sikorski P, Johansson J, Serpell LC, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jan 11;102(2):315-20. Epub 2005 Jan 3. PMID:15630094 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 20:13:20 2008