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Alpha-synuclein and familial variants affect the chain order and the thermotropic phase behavior of anionic lipid vesicles.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Sept 2016
Pantusa Manuela, Vad Brian, Lillelund Ove, Kjær Lars, Otzen Daniel, Bartucci Rosa
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-synuclein (aSN) is a presynaptic protein with a pathological role in Parkinson's disease (PD). The mutants A30P, E46K and A53T are involved in PD early-onset forms. aSN is natively unfolded but can self-assemble to oligomers and fibrils and binds anionic membranes in a helical conformation. We study the influence of wild-type (wt) aSN and familial variants on the chain order and thermotropic phase behavior...
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