title: Conversion of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase into amyloid-like structure.
abstract: Yeast phosphoglycerate kinase is a structurally well-characterized enzyme consisting of 415 amino acids without disulfide bonds. Anion-induced refolding from its acid-unfolded state gives rise to the formation of worm-like amyloid fibrils with a persistence length of 73 nm. Electron microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering data indicate that the fibrils have an elliptical cross-section with dimensions of 10.2 nm x 5.1 nm. About half of all amino acids are organized in form of cross-beta structure which gives rise to typical infrared spectra, X-ray diffraction and yellow-green birefringence after Congo red staining. The kinetics of amyloid formation, monitored by infrared spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering and X-ray scattering, was found to be strongly dependent on protein concentration. The infrared data indicate that the formation of cross-beta structure practically comes to an end already after some hours, whereas the length-growth of the amyloid fibrils, monitored by small-angle X-ray scattering, was not yet completed after 1,300 hours.
authors.affiliation: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Berlin, Germany. gdamasc@mdc-berlin.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Damaschun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Damaschun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fabian
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gast
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kröber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wieske
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zirwer
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003224:Congo Red; D008027:Light; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010735:Phosphoglycerate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017510:Protein Folding; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D003224:Congo Red; D010735:Phosphoglycerate Kinase