Evidence of fibril-like β-sheet structures in a neurotoxic amyloid intermediate of Alzheimer's β-amyloid

…, MA Shaibat, CR Jones, DC Calero, B Aizezi… - Nature structural & …, 2007 - nature.com
amyloid misfolding, based on our structuralamyloid intermediates. Our study provides
encouraging prospects for the molecular structural characterization of other amyloid intermediates

Capturing Intermediate Structures of Alzheimer's β-Amyloid, Aβ (1− 40), by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

S Chimon, Y Ishii - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005 - ACS Publications
structural analysis for amyloid intermediate species. This study also reveals that structurally
homogeneous β-sheet intermediates … and supramolecular structures of this intermediate will …

Recent progress in understanding Alzheimer's β-amyloid structures

M Fändrich, M Schmidt, N Grigorieff - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2011 - cell.com
… These intermediate structures can include Aβ dimers, … quaternary structure, protofilament
organization and packing of β-… interest, including the structural polymorphism of amyloid fibrils, …

Pathways and intermediates of amyloid fibril formation

R Pellarin, E Guarnera, A Caflisch - Journal of molecular biology, 2007 - Elsevier
… polypeptide show that a decrease in the β-aggregation propensity results in a larger …
structure of the final fibril. Protofibrillar intermediates that are thinner, shorter and less structured

Structural polymorphs suggest competing pathways for the formation of amyloid fibrils that diverge from a common intermediate species

LE Buchanan, M Maj, EB Dunkelberger, PN Cheng… - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
… -terminal β-sheet extending from residues 8 to 17 and a C-terminal β-sheet from residues
28 to 37. While our understanding of the structural and pathological differences of amyloid fibril …

Oligomeric intermediates in amyloid formation: structure determination and mechanisms of toxicity

M Fändrich - Journal of molecular biology, 2012 - Elsevier
… be dedicated to this peptide and its structural intermediates, but comparisons will be made
… will outline the structural specifics of the different classes of intermediates and mature fibrils, …

Polymorphism in the intermediates and products of amyloid assembly

R Kodali, R Wetzel - Current opinion in structural biology, 2007 - Elsevier
structural models of mature amyloid fibrils. Here, we discuss the pervasive presence of
structural polymorphism in amyloidstructural and mechanistic themes covered in the amyloid

Self-assembly of β-amyloid 42 is retarded by small molecular ligands at the stage of structural intermediates

B Bohrmann, M Adrian, J Dubochet, P Kuner… - Journal of structural …, 2000 - Elsevier
… of Aß42 intermediates was detectable … of structural intermediates is increased in the
presence of some compounds. After 3 days of incubation, polymeric sheets and fibril intermediates

… discovery targeting the intermediate structure of β-amyloid peptide on the conformational transition pathway: implications in the aggregation mechanism of β-amyloid …

D Liu, Y Xu, Y Feng, H Liu, X Shen, K Chen, J Ma… - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
… Aβ intermediate structures, we aimed to design inhibitors binding to the β-sheet region of
the Aβ intermediate to interrupt the formation of the pleated β-sheet structure found in amyloid

Amyloid fibril formation by a partially structured intermediate state of α-chymotrypsin

I Pallarès, J Vendrell, FX Avilés, S Ventura - Journal of molecular biology, 2004 - Elsevier
Amyloid formation appears to be preceded by … formation of sticky partially structured
intermediates. This partially … rearrange into amyloid fibrils.11, 17 Similarly, formation of amyloid by …