Article
Heat-induced native dimerization prevents amyloid formation by variable domain from immunoglobulin light-chain REI.
The FEBS journal - 1 Sept 2017
Nawata Marina, Tsutsumi Hirotaka, Kobayashi Yuta, Unzai Satoru, Mine Shouhei, Nakamura Tsutomu, Uegaki Koichi, Kamikubo Hironari, Kataoka Mikio, Hamada Daizo
Abstract excerpt
Amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a protein-misfolding disease characterized by accumulation of immunoglobulin light chains (LCs) into amyloid fibrils. Dimerization of a full length or variable domain (VL ) of LC serves to stabilize the native state and prevent the formation of amyloid fibrils. We here analyzed the thermodynamic properties of dimerization and unfolding reactions by nonamyloidogenic VL from...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
