Title
Intermolecular alignment in β<inf>2</inf>-microglobulin amyloid fibrils
Date Issued
08 December 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Debelouchina G.
Platt G.
Radford S.
Griffin R.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The deposition of amyloid-like fibrils, composed primarily of the 99-residue protein β2-microglobulin (β2m), is one of the characteristic symptoms of dialysis-related amyloidosis. Fibrils formed in vitro at low pH and low salt concentration share many properties with the disease related fibrils and have been extensively studied by a number of biochemical and biophysical methods. These fibrils contain a significant β-sheet core and have a complex cryoEM electron density profile. Here, we investigate the intrasheet arrangement of the fibrils by means of 15N-13C MAS NMR correlation spectroscopy. We utilize a fibril sample grown from a 50:50 mixture of 15N,12C- and 14N,13C-labeled β2m monomers, the latter prepared using 2-13C glycerol as the carbon source. Together with the use of ZF-TEDOR mixing, this sample allowed us to observe intermolecular 15N-13C backbone-to-backbone contacts with excellent resolution and good sensitivity. The results are consistent with a parallel, in-register arrangement of the protein subunits in the fibrils and suggest that a significant structural reorganization occurs from the native to the fibril state. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Start page
17077
End page
17079
Volume
132
Issue
48
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-78650159249
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of the American Chemical Society
ISSN of the container
00027863
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