Diphenylalanine as a Reductionist Model for the Mechanistic Characterization of β-Amyloid Modulators

S Brahmachari, ZA Arnon, A Frydman-Marom, E Gazit… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The phenomenon of protein aggregation into amyloid fibrils is associated with a large
number of major diseases of unrelated etiology. Unraveling the mechanism of amyloid self …

Structure and aggregation mechanisms in amyloids

ZL Almeida, RMM Brito - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aggregation of a polypeptide chain into amyloid fibrils and their accumulation and
deposition into insoluble plaques and intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of several …

Peptide‐based molecular strategies to interfere with protein misfolding, aggregation, and cell degeneration

V Armiento, A Spanopoulou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Protein misfolding into amyloid fibrils is linked to more than 40 as yet incurable cell‐and
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and type 2 …

Looking beyond the core: the role of flanking regions in the aggregation of amyloidogenic peptides and proteins

SM Ulamec, DJ Brockwell, SE Radford - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Amyloid proteins are involved in many neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's
disease [Tau, Amyloid β (Aβ)], Parkinson's disease [alpha-synuclein (αSyn)], and …

Misfolded protein oligomers: mechanisms of formation, cytotoxic effects, and pharmacological approaches against protein misfolding diseases

DJ Rinauro, F Chiti, M Vendruscolo… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
The conversion of native peptides and proteins into amyloid aggregates is a hallmark of over
50 human disorders, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Increasing evidence …

Stable, metastable, and kinetically trapped amyloid aggregate phases

T Miti, M Mulaj, JD Schmit, M Muschol - Biomacromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of proteins into amyloid fibrils plays a key role in a multitude of human
disorders that range from Alzheimer's disease to type II diabetes. Compact oligomeric …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloids: from molecular structure to mechanical properties

M Schleeger, T Deckert-Gaudig, V Deckert, KP Velikov… - Polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
Many proteins of diverse sequence, structure and function self-assemble into
morphologically similar fibrillar aggregates known as amyloids. Amyloids are remarkable …

Formation of mixed fibrils demonstrates the generic nature and potential utility of amyloid nanostructures

CE MacPhee, CM Dobson - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2000 - ACS Publications
The aggregation of proteins and peptides in the form of stable and highly ordered amyloid
fibrils is most commonly associated with pathological conditions such as Alzheimer's …

Functional amyloids: Where supramolecular amyloid assembly controls biological activity or generates new functionality

JA Buchanan, NR Varghese, CL Johnston… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Functional amyloids are a rapidly expanding class of fibrillar protein structures, with a core
cross-β scaffold, where novel and advantageous biological function is generated by the …

Why are functional amyloids non-toxic in humans?

MP Jackson, EW Hewitt - Biomolecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Amyloids were first identified in association with amyloidoses, human diseases in which
proteins and peptides misfold into amyloid fibrils. Subsequent studies have identified an …