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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Evidence for the Binding of Phosphate Ion to the C-Terminus Region in Aβ1-40 Using Heteronuclear NMR Analyses

Author(s): Makiko Nagata-Uchiyama, Yoshito Abe, Akira Monji, Shigenobu Kanba and Tadashi Ueda

Volume 17, Issue 2, 2010

Page: [176 - 180] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/092986610790226058

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Abstract

Amyloid fibril formation of amyloid beta peptide 1-40 (Aβ 1-40) was reported to be retarded in the presence of 150mM phosphate buffer at pH 7 [Monji, Ustumi, Ueda, Imoto, Yoshida, Hashioka, Tashiro and Tashiro, J. Neurochemistry, 77, 1425-1432 (2007)]. In order to elucidate the reason why phosphate ion retards the amyloid fibril formation, we examined the preferential binding sites of phosphate ion to Aβ 1-40 using chemical shift perturbation analysis of heteronuclear NMR. In titration analysis of 15N-labeled Aβ1-40 in the presence of 150 mM phosphate ion or 150 mM chloride ion, we identified the residues affected by these ions in Aβ 1-40. As a result, we found the tendency that phosphate ion preferentially bound to some residues located on the C-terminus region where the region was reported to be the potential β-strand region in Aβ1-40. Therefore, we suggested that phosphate ions interacted with the potential β-strand region in Aβ1-40 to be hard to form β-sheet in Aβ 1-40, resulting in retardation of the amyloid fibril formation.

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid beta peptide 1-40, chemical shift perturbation analysis, heteronuclear NMR, phosphate ion


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