Amyloid formation as a protein phase transition

TCT Michaels, D Qian, A Šarić, M Vendruscolo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The formation of amyloid fibrils is a general class of protein self-assembly behaviour, which
is associated with both functional biology and the development of a number of disorders …

Modelling amyloid fibril formation kinetics: mechanisms of nucleation and growth

JE Gillam, CE MacPhee - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Amyloid and amyloid-like fibrils are self-assembling protein nanostructures, of interest for
their robust material properties and inherent biological compatibility as well as their putative …

Systematic analysis of nucleation-dependent polymerization reveals new insights into the mechanism of amyloid self-assembly

WF Xue, SW Homans… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Self-assembly of misfolded proteins into ordered fibrillar aggregates known as amyloid
results in numerous human diseases. Despite an increasing number of proteins and peptide …

Understanding amyloid fibril nucleation and Aβ oligomer/drug interactions from computer simulations

P Nguyen, P Derreumaux - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Evolution has fine-tuned proteins to accomplish a variety of tasks. Yet, with aging, some
proteins assemble into harmful amyloid aggregates associated with neurodegenerative …

On the lag phase in amyloid fibril formation

P Arosio, TPJ Knowles, S Linse - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of nanoscale amyloid fibrils from normally soluble peptides and proteins is a
common form of self-assembly phenomenon that has fundamental connections with …

Toward a molecular theory of early and late events in monomer to amyloid fibril formation

JE Straub, D Thirumalai - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Quantitative understanding of the kinetics of fibril formation and the molecular mechanism of
transition from monomers to fibrils is needed to obtain insights into the growth of amyloid …

Kinetic diversity of amyloid oligomers

AJ Dear, TCT Michaels, G Meisl… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The spontaneous assembly of proteins into amyloid fibrils is a phenomenon central to many
increasingly common and currently incurable human disorders, including Alzheimer's and …

Amyloid fibril polymorphism is under kinetic control

R Pellarin, P Schuetz, E Guarnera… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of proteins into amyloid aggregates displays a broad diversity of
morphologies, both at the protofibrillar and final fibrillar species. These polymorphic species …

Crucial role of nonspecific interactions in amyloid nucleation

A Šarić, YC Chebaro, TPJ Knowles… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Protein oligomers have been implicated as toxic agents in a wide range of amyloid-related
diseases. However, it has remained unsolved whether the oligomers are a necessary step in …

From macroscopic measurements to microscopic mechanisms of protein aggregation

SIA Cohen, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson… - Journal of molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
The ability to relate bulk experimental measurements of amyloid formation to the
microscopic assembly processes that underlie protein aggregation is critical in order to …