Using intramolecular disulfide bonds in tau protein to deduce structural features of aggregation-resistant conformations

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 9591-9600

  Walker, Sophie ^a   Ullman, Orly ^a   Stultz, Collin M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION PROPENSITY; ATOMISTIC MODELS; CYSTEINE RESIDUES; EXTENDED STRUCTURES; IN-VITRO; INTERMOLECULAR DISULFIDE BOND; INTRAMOLECULAR DISULFIDE BONDS; MAIN EFFECT; MICROTUBULES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; ONE-FACTOR; OXIDATION STATE; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TAU PROTEINS; TRUNCATION MUTANTS;

AMINO ACIDS; CONFORMATIONS; PROTEINS;

COVALENT BONDS;

DISULFIDE; TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

DISULFIDES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84858595119     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.336107     Document Type: Article

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