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Molecular dynamics simulations of spontaneous fibril formation by random-coil peptides.


ABSTRACT: Assembly of normally soluble proteins into amyloid fibrils is a cause or associated symptom of numerous human disorders, including Alzheimer's and the prion diseases. We report molecular-level simulation of spontaneous fibril formation. Systems containing 12-96 model polyalanine peptides form fibrils at temperatures greater than a critical temperature that decreases with peptide concentration and exceeds the peptide's folding temperature, consistent with experimental findings. Formation of small amorphous aggregates precedes ordered nucleus formation and subsequent rapid fibril growth through addition of beta-sheets laterally and monomeric peptides at fibril ends. The fibril's structure is similar to that observed experimentally.

SUBMITTER: Nguyen HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC526199 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular dynamics simulations of spontaneous fibril formation by random-coil peptides.

Nguyen Hung D HD   Hall Carol K CK  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20041108 46


Assembly of normally soluble proteins into amyloid fibrils is a cause or associated symptom of numerous human disorders, including Alzheimer's and the prion diseases. We report molecular-level simulation of spontaneous fibril formation. Systems containing 12-96 model polyalanine peptides form fibrils at temperatures greater than a critical temperature that decreases with peptide concentration and exceeds the peptide's folding temperature, consistent with experimental findings. Formation of small  ...[more]

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