Non-steric-zipper models for pathogenic α-synuclein conformers

Parkinson's disease neurodegenerative brain tissue exhibits two biophysically distinct α-synuclein fiber isoforms—single stranded fibers that appear to be steric-zippers and double-stranded fibers with an undetermined structure. Herein, we describe a β-helical homology model of α-synuclein that...

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Main Authors: Brock Schuman, Amy Won, Koroboshka Brand-Arzamendi, James B. Koprich, Xiao-Yan Wen, Patrick A. Howson, Jonathan M. Brotchie, Christopher M. Yip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2018-06-01
Series:APL Bioengineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5023460