Title : Zinc ions promote Alzheimer Abeta aggregation via population shift of polymorphic states.

Pub. Date : 2010 May 25

PMID : 20448202






4 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Although a key factor in Alzheimer"s disease etiology is enrichment of Zn(2+) in aggregates, and there are data suggesting that zinc promotes aggregation, how Zn(2+)-Abeta coordination promotes aggregation is elusive. Zinc amyloid beta precursor protein Homo sapiens
2 Although a key factor in Alzheimer"s disease etiology is enrichment of Zn(2+) in aggregates, and there are data suggesting that zinc promotes aggregation, how Zn(2+)-Abeta coordination promotes aggregation is elusive. Zinc amyloid beta precursor protein Homo sapiens
3 By covalently linking fragments (that have experiment-based coordinates) we observed that, in oligomeric Zn(2+)-Abeta(42), Zn(2+) can simultaneously coordinate intra- and intermolecularly, bridging two peptides. Zinc amyloid beta precursor protein Homo sapiens
4 Overall, Zn(2+) coordination promotes Abeta(42) aggregation leading to less uniform structures. Zinc amyloid beta precursor protein Homo sapiens