Sites of tau important for aggregation populate {beta}-structure and bind to microtubules and polyanions.

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The aggregation of the microtubule-associated tau protein and formation of "neurofibrillary tangles" is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer disease. The mechanisms underlying the structural transition of innocuous, natively unfolded tau to neurotoxic forms and the detailed mechanisms of binding to microtubules are largely unknown. Here we report the high-resolution characterization of the repeat domain of soluble...

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