Applications of hydrogen/deuterium exchange MS from 2012 to 2014

GF Pirrone, RE Iacob, JR Engen - Analytical chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX) detected by mass spectrometry (MS) is extraordinarily
useful in the study of many aspects of proteins, especially the analysis of protein …

Analysis of protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease

JT Pedersen, NHH Heegaard - Analytical chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Pathological protein and peptide aggregation are key events in a number of chronic and
devastating neurodegenerative conditions including dementias such as Alzheimer's and …

Cryo-EM structures of prion protein filaments from Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker disease

GI Hallinan, KA Ozcan, MR Hoq, L Cracco… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Prion protein (PrP) aggregation and formation of PrP amyloid (APrP) are central events in
the pathogenesis of prion diseases. In the dominantly inherited prion protein amyloidosis …

Protein-solvent interfaces in human Y145Stop prion protein amyloid fibrils probed by paramagnetic solid-state NMR spectroscopy

D Aucoin, Y Xia, T Theint, PS Nadaud… - Journal of structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
The C-terminally truncated Y145Stop variant of prion protein (PrP23-144), which is
associated with heritable PrP cerebral amyloid angiopathy in humans and also capable of …

Structure of prion β‐oligomers as determined by short‐distance crosslinking constraint‐guided discrete molecular dynamics simulations

JJ Serpa, KI Popov, EV Petrotchenko… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of the native monomeric cellular prion protein (PrPC) into an aggregated
pathological β‐oligomeric form (PrPβ) and an infectious form (PrPSc) is the central element …

Types and strains: their essential role in understanding protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases

WM Wemheuer, A Wrede… - Frontiers in aging …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Protein misfolding and aggregation is a key event in diseases like Alzheimer's disease (AD)
or Parkinson's disease (PD) and is associated with neurodegeneration. Factors that initiate …

N-terminal prion protein peptides (PrP (120–144)) form parallel in-register β-sheets via multiple nucleation-dependent pathways

Y Wang, Q Shao, CK Hall - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
The prion diseases are a family of fatal neurodegenerative diseases associated with the
misfolding and accumulation of normal prion protein (PrP C) into its pathogenic scrapie form …

Elucidating the structure of an infectious protein

M Zweckstetter, JR Requena, H Wille - PLoS Pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The infectious isoform of the mammalian prion protein, PrPSc, was the first protein to be
identified as an infectious protein [1](Table 1). PrPSc can be transmitted both from cell-to-cell …

Structural characterization of semen coagulum-derived SEM1 (86–107) amyloid fibrils that enhance HIV-1 infection

KC French, NR Roan, GI Makhatadze - Biochemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
SEM1 (86–107) is a 22-residue peptide corresponding to residues 86–107 in the
semenogelin I protein. SEM1 (86–107) is an abundant component of freshly liquefied semen …

Using isotopically-coded hydrogen peroxide as a surface modification reagent for the structural characterization of prion protein aggregates

JJ Serpa, KAT Makepeace, TH Borchers, DS Wishart… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrP C) into aggregated ß-oligomeric (PrP ß) and
fibril (PrP Sc) forms is the central element in the development of prion diseases. Here we …