Dynamical Behavior of Human α-Synuclein Studied by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering.

α-synuclein (αSyn) is a protein consisting of 140 amino acid residues and is abundant in the presynaptic nerve terminals in the brain. Although its precise function is unknown, the filamentous aggregates (amyloid fibrils) of αSyn have been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's...

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Main Authors: Satoru Fujiwara, Katsuya Araki, Tatsuhito Matsuo, Hisashi Yagi, Takeshi Yamada, Kaoru Shibata, Hideki Mochizuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4838215?pdf=render