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Structure and properties of a complex of alpha-synuclein and a single-domain camelid antibody.
De Genst, Erwin J; Guilliams, Tim; Wellens, Joke et al.
2010In Journal of Molecular Biology, 402 (2), p. 326-43
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Mots-clés :
Animals; Antibodies/chemistry/metabolism; Antibody Affinity; Calorimetry; Camelids, New World; Crystallography, X-Ray; Kinetics; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; Models, Molecular; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; Peptide Library; Protein Binding; Protein Denaturation; Protein Interaction Mapping; Protein Multimerization; Protein Structure, Quaternary; alpha-Synuclein/chemistry/metabolism
Résumé :
[en] The aggregation of the intrinsically disordered protein alpha-synuclein to form fibrillar amyloid structures is intimately associated with a variety of neurological disorders, most notably Parkinson's disease. The molecular mechanism of alpha-synuclein aggregation and toxicity is not yet understood in any detail, not least because of the paucity of structural probes through which to study the behavior of such a disordered system. Here, we describe an investigation involving a single-domain camelid antibody, NbSyn2, selected by phage display techniques to bind to alpha-synuclein, including the exploration of its effects on the in vitro aggregation of the protein under a variety of conditions. We show using isothermal calorimetric methods that NbSyn2 binds specifically to monomeric alpha-synuclein with nanomolar affinity and by means of NMR spectroscopy that it interacts with the four C-terminal residues of the protein. This latter finding is confirmed by the determination of a crystal structure of NbSyn2 bound to a peptide encompassing the nine C-terminal residues of alpha-synuclein. The NbSyn2:alpha-synuclein interaction is mediated mainly by side-chain interactions while water molecules cross-link the main-chain atoms of alpha-synuclein to atoms of NbSyn2, a feature we believe could be important in intrinsically disordered protein interactions more generally. The aggregation behavior of alpha-synuclein at physiological pH, including the morphology of the resulting fibrillar structures, is remarkably unaffected by the presence of NbSyn2 and indeed we show that NbSyn2 binds strongly to the aggregated as well as to the soluble forms of alpha-synuclein. These results give strong support to the conjecture that the C-terminal region of the protein is not directly involved in the mechanism of aggregation and suggest that binding of NbSyn2 could be a useful probe for the identification of alpha-synuclein aggregation in vitro and possibly in vivo.
Disciplines :
Biochimie, biophysique & biologie moléculaire
Auteur, co-auteur :
De Genst, Erwin J
Guilliams, Tim
Wellens, Joke
O'Day, Elizabeth M
Waudby, Christopher A
Meehan, Sarah
Dumoulin, Mireille  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Enzymologie et repliement des protéines
Hsu, Shang*-Te Danny
Cremades, Nunilo
Verschueren, Koen H G
Pardon, Els
Wyns, Lode
Steyaert, Jan
Christodoulou, John
Dobson, Christopher M
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Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Structure and properties of a complex of alpha-synuclein and a single-domain camelid antibody.
Date de publication/diffusion :
2010
Titre du périodique :
Journal of Molecular Biology
ISSN :
0022-2836
eISSN :
1089-8638
Maison d'édition :
Academic Press, London, Royaume-Uni
Volume/Tome :
402
Fascicule/Saison :
2
Pagination :
326-43
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed vérifié par ORBi
Commentaire :
Copyright (c) 2010. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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depuis le 04 novembre 2010

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