Synucleins: new data on misfolding, aggregation and role in diseases

A Surguchov, A Surguchev - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The synucleins are a family of natively unfolded (or intrinsically unstructured) proteins
consisting of α-, β-, and γ-synuclein involved in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer …

α-synuclein misfolding and neurodegenerative diseases

VN Uversky - Current protein and peptide science, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
α-Synuclein is an abundant presynaptic brain protein, misfolding, aggregation and
fibrillation of which are implicated as critical factors in several neurodegenerative diseases …

Synucleins: Are they two‐edged swords?

A Surguchov - Journal of neuroscience research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The synuclein family consists of three distinct highly homologous genes, α‐synuclein, β‐
synuclein, and γ‐synuclein, which have so far been found only in vertebrates. Proteins …

Cell responses to extracellular α-synuclein

AA Surguchev, FN Emamzadeh, A Surguchov - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Synucleins are small naturally unfolded proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases
and cancer. The family contains three members: α-, β-, and γ-synuclein. α-Synuclein is the …

Molecular and cellular biology of synucleins

A Surguchov - International review of cell and molecular biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Synucleins are small, soluble proteins expressed primarily in neural tissues and certain
tumors. The family includes three known proteins: α‐synuclein, β‐synuclein, and γ …

Comparative analysis of the conformation, aggregation, interaction, and fibril morphologies of human α-, β-, and γ-synuclein proteins

MK Jain, P Singh, S Roy, R Bhat - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The human synuclein (syn) family is comprised of α-, β-, and γ-syn proteins. α-syn has the
highest propensity for aggregation, and its aggregated forms accumulate in Lewy bodies …

Structure, function and toxicity of alpha‐synuclein: the Bermuda triangle in synucleinopathies

A Villar‐Piqué, T Lopes da Fonseca… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease belongs to a group of currently incurable neurodegenerative disorders
characterized by the misfolding and accumulation of alpha‐synuclein aggregates that are …

Physiological and pathological properties of α-synuclein

GK Tofaris, MG Spillantini - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2007 - Springer
α-Synuclein belongs to a small group of natively unfolded proteins that can transiently bind
to lipid membranes and acquire a partial α-helical conformation. Under certain pathogenic …

γ-Synuclein: seeding of α-synuclein aggregation and transmission between cells

I Surgucheva, VS Sharov, A Surguchov - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is a ubiquitous phenomenon associated with a wide
range of diseases. The synuclein family comprises three small naturally unfolded proteins …

α-synuclein conformational strains as drivers of phenotypic heterogeneity in neurodegenerative diseases

RWL So, JC Watts - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The synucleinopathies, which include Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and
multiple system atrophy, are a class of human neurodegenerative disorders unified by the …