title: Cross-linking of a synthetic partial-length (1-28) peptide of the Alzheimer beta/A4 amyloid protein by transglutaminase.
abstract: Cerebral deposits of beta/A4 amyloid protein is a pathologic sign of Alzheimer's disease. A synthetic partial-length (1-28) peptide of this protein contains one glutamine and two lysine residues. Here we show that this peptide can be a substrate of transglutaminase, which catalyzes cross-linking between glutamine and lysine residues in peptides, by demonstrating the formation of multimeric peptides due to the action of this enzyme. A modified (Lys28 to L-norleucine) version of the synthetic peptide was also cross-linked, but another modified version (Lys16 to L-norleucine) was very poorly cross-linked, indicating that Lys16 is involved exclusively in the cross-linking of the partial-length peptide catalyzed by transglutaminase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahata
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005973:Glutamine / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008239:Lysine / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D005973:Glutamine; D011503:Transglutaminases; D008239:Lysine