Effect of the Synaptic Plasma Membrane on the Stability of the Amyloid Precursor Protein Homodimer

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 3572-3578

  Audagnotto, Martina ^a,b   Lemmin, Thomas ^c   Barducci, Alessandro ^d,e   Dal Peraro, Matteo ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PLASMA STABILITY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL MOLECULES; EARLY INDICATORS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PROTEOLYTIC CLEAVAGE; REALISTIC MODEL; TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN;

PROTEINS;

SECRETASE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR MODEL;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; CELL MEMBRANE; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84987781493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01721     Document Type: Article

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