Impact of Cu (ii) and Al (iii) on the Conformational Landscape of Amyloidβ 1-42

L Roldán-Martín, F Peccati, G Sciortino… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal ions have been found to play an important role in the formation of extracellular β-
amyloid plaques, a major hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. In the present study, the …

Conformational transitions of the Amyloid‐β peptide upon copper (II) binding and pH changes

Q Liao, MC Owen, OO Olubiyi, B Barz… - Israel Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloid‐β (Aβ) is a natively unfolded peptide found in all Alzheimer's disease patients as
the major component of fibrillar plaques, which are recognized as an important pathological …

Computational assessment of the impact of Cu(II) and Al(III) on β-amyloid42 fibrils: Binding sites, structural stability, and possible physiological implications

L Roldán-Martín, M Sodupe, JD Maréchal - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
One of Alzheimer's disease major hallmarks is the aggregation of β-amyloid peptide, a
process in which metal ions play an important role. In the present work, an integrative …

Impact of Cu(II) Binding on Structures and Dynamics of Aβ42 Monomer and Dimer: Molecular Dynamics Study

PDQ Huy, QV Vuong, G La Penna… - ACS chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The classical force field, which is compatible with the Amber force field 99SB, has been
obtained for the interaction of Cu (II) with monomer and dimers of amyloid-β peptides using …

Computational Study of Amyloidβ42 Familial Mutations and Metal Interaction: Impact on Monomers and Aggregates Dynamical Behaviors

L Roldán-Martín, M Sodupe, JD Maréchal - Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
One of the main hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease is the formation of β-amyloid plaques,
whose formation may be enhanced by metal binding or the appearance of familial …

Molecular dynamics simulation of aluminium binding to amyloid-β and its effect on peptide structure

M Turner, ST Mutter, OD Kennedy-Britten, JA Platts - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Multiple microsecond-length molecular dynamics simulations of complexes of Al (III) with
amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides of varying length are reported, employing a non-bonded model of Al …

Transition metal ion interactions with disordered amyloid-β peptides in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: insights from computational chemistry studies

B Strodel, O Coskuner-Weber - Journal of chemical information …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Monomers and oligomers of the amyloid-β peptide aggregate to form the fibrils found in the
brains of Alzheimer's disease patients. These monomers and oligomers are largely …

Characterization of the polymorphic states of copper (II)‐bound Aβ (1–16) peptides by computational simulations

L Xu, X Wang, S Shan, X Wang - Journal of Computational …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the polymorphic states of metal amyloid β (Aβ) interactions helps to elucidate
metal‐mediated events in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Systematic …

Molecular dynamics study of the beta amyloid peptide of Alzheimer's disease and its divalent copper complexes

DF Raffa, A Rauk - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2007 - ACS Publications
The Aβ1− 42 monomer structure was assessed with a 790 ns molecular dynamics (MD)
simulation, and the results were compared with the NMR experiment on Aβ10− 35 and Aβ1 …

Metal Binding to Amyloid-β1–42: A Ligand Field Molecular Dynamics Study

ST Mutter, M Turner, RJ Deeth… - ACS Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ligand field molecular mechanics simulation has been used to model the interactions of
copper (II) and platinum (II) with the amyloid-β1–42 peptide monomer. Molecular dynamics …