Structure modeling and dynamics driven mutation and phosphorylation analysis of Beta-amyloid peptides

The most common characteristics of diverse age-related neurodegenerative diseases are aggregation and accumulation of the misfolded protein in the brain. Alzheimer׳s disease (AD) is one of these protein conformational diseases. Extracellular accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) is one the neuropathologica...

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Published in:Bioinformation 2014-01, Vol.10 (9), p.569-574
Main Authors: Singh, Sunil Kumar, Singh, Ankita, Prakash, Ved, C, Selvaa Kumar
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Language:English
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Summary:The most common characteristics of diverse age-related neurodegenerative diseases are aggregation and accumulation of the misfolded protein in the brain. Alzheimer׳s disease (AD) is one of these protein conformational diseases. Extracellular accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) is one the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer disease. Various studies have shown that mutation in specific hydrophobic region of Aβ protein inhibit the formation of β sheet, thus aggregation of this protein is stalled. The identification of such mutation in Aβ protein can help us in elucidating the etiology of sporadic Aβ. In our study we have selected three positions: 19ILU, 21ALA and 41ILU in Aβ protein based on their hydrophobic nature and substituted them with PRO ( βSheet breaker). The effects of the substitutions were analysed using molecular dynamics simulation studies. The results validated that the mutations in the specified regions change the hydrophobicity of the protein and the βsheet formation was declined to zero per cent.
ISSN:0973-2063
0973-8894
0973-2063
DOI:10.6026/97320630010569