title: Atomic-resolution three-dimensional structure of HET-s(218-289) amyloid fibrils by solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
abstract: We present a strategy to solve the high-resolution structure of amyloid fibrils by solid-state NMR and use it to determine the atomic-resolution structure of the prion domain of the fungal prion HET-s in its amyloid form. On the basis of 134 unambiguous distance restraints, we recently showed that HET-s(218-289) in its fibrillar state forms a left-handed β-solenoid, and an atomic-resolution NMR structure of the triangular core was determined from unambiguous restraints only. In this paper, we go considerably further and present a comprehensive protocol using six differently labeled samples, a collection of optimized solid-state NMR experiments, and adapted structure calculation protocols. The high-resolution structure obtained includes the less ordered but biologically important C-terminal part and improves the overall accuracy by including a large number of ambiguous distance restraints.
authors.affiliation: Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Melckebeke
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wasmer
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Eiso
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ab
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loquet
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Böckmann
authors.forename: Beat H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; C083891:HET-S protein, Podospora anserina