Preparation of crystalline samples of amyloid fibrils and oligomers

Asher Moshe, Meytal Landau, David Eisenberg

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Abstract

The molecular structures of amyloid fibers and oligomers are required in order to understand and control their formation. Yet, their partially disordered and polymorphic nature hinders structural analyses. Fortunately, short segments from amyloid proteins, which exhibit similar biophysical properties to the fulllength proteins, also form fibrils and oligomers and their atomic structures can be determined. Here we describe experimental procedures used to assess fiber-forming capabilities of amyloid peptide segments and their crystallization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
Pages201-210
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1345
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • Amyloid-like peptides
  • Cross-β spine
  • Cylindrin
  • Microcrystallography
  • Microcrystals
  • Steric zipper

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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