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Aggregates from mutant and wild-type alpha-synuclein proteins and NAC peptide induce apoptotic cell death in human neuroblastoma cells by formation of beta-sheet and amyloid-like filaments.
FEBS letters - 27 Nov 1998
El-Agnaf O M, Jakes R, Curran M D, Middleton D, Ingenito R, Bianchi E, Pessi A, Neill D, Wallace A
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) protein and a fragment of it, called NAC, have been found in association with the pathological lesions of a number of neurodegenerative diseases. Recently, mutations in the alpha-syn gene have been reported in families susceptible to an inherited form of Parkinson's disease. We have shown that human wild-type alpha-syn, mutant alpha-syn(Ala30Pro) and mutant alpha-syn(Ala53Thr) proteins...
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