Amyloid fibril formation and protein misassembly: a structural quest for insights into amyloid and prion diseases.
The assembly and misassembly of normally soluble proteins into fibrilar structures is thought to be a causative agent in a variety of human amyloid and prion diseases. Structural and mechanistic studies of this process are beginning to elucidate the conformational changes required for the conversion of a normally soluble and functional protein into a defined quaternary structure.
Kelly
J W
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Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-3255, USA. kelly@chemvx.tamu.edu
D000682:Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry*; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000737:chemistry*; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D017510:Protein Folding
D000682:Amyloid; D011228:Prealbumin