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Inhibition of α-synuclein aggregation by small heat shock proteins.
Proteins - 1 Oct 2011
Bruinsma Ilona B, Bruggink Kim A, Kinast Karsten, Versleijen Alexandra A M, Segers-Nolten Ine M J, Subramaniam Vinod, Kuiperij H Bea, Boelens Wilbert, de Waal Robert M W, Verbeek Marcel M
Abstract excerpt
The fibrillization of α-synuclein (α-syn) is a key event in the pathogenesis of α-synucleinopathies. Mutant α-syn (A53T, A30P, or E46K), each linked to familial Parkinson's disease, has altered aggregation properties, fibril morphologies, and fibrillization kinetics. Besides α-syn, Lewy bodies also contain several associated proteins including small heat shock proteins (sHsps). Since α-syn accumulates...
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