Morphology of a Transmembrane Aβ42 Tetramer via REMD Simulations

The folding/misfolding of membrane-permiable Amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides is likely associated with the advancing stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by disrupting Ca2+ homeostasis. In this context, the aggregation of four transmembrane Aβ17-42 peptides was investigated using temperature replica-exchange molecular dynamics (REMD) simulations. The obtained results indicated that the secondary structure of transmembrane Aβ peptides tends to have different propensities compared to those in solution. Interestingly, the residues favorably forming β-structure were interleaved by residues rigidly adopting turn-structure. A combination of β and turn regions likely forms a pore structure. Six morphologies of 4Aβ were found over the free energy landscape and clustering analyses. Among these, the morphologies include (1) Aβ binding onto the membrane surface and three transmembrane Aβ; (2) three helical and coil transmembrane Aβ; (3) four helical transmembrane Aβ; (4) three helical and one β-hairpin transmembrane Aβ; (5) two helical and two β-strand transmembrane Aβ; and (6) three β-strand and one helical transmembrane Aβ. Although the formation of the β-barrel structure was not observed during the 0.28 ms─long MD simulation, the structure is likely to form when the simulation time is further extended.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Journal of chemical information and modeling - 63(2023), 14 vom: 24. Juli, Seite 4376-4382

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ngo, Son Tung [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Trung Hai [VerfasserIn]
Vu, Van V [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amyloid beta-Peptides
Journal Article
Peptide Fragments
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 25.07.2023

Date Revised 25.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00706

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359109861