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Methionine oxidation stabilizes non-toxic oligomers of alpha-synuclein through strengthening the auto-inhibitory intra-molecular long-range interactions.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Mar 2010
Zhou Wenbo, Long Chunmei, Reaney Stephen H, Di Monte Donato A, Fink Anthony L, Uversky Vladimir N
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Oxidative stress and aggregation of the presynaptic protein alpha-synuclein (alpha-Syn) are implied in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases. Various posttranslational modifications, such as oxidation, nitration and truncation, have significant effects on the kinetics of alpha-Syn fibrillation in vitro. alpha-Syn is a typical natively unfolded protein, which...
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