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Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1521-3773
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Abstract: Aromatic side chains are important reporters of the plasticity of proteins, and often form important contacts in protein–protein interactions. We studied aromatic residues in the two structurally homologous cross‐β amyloid fibrils HET‐s, and HELLF by employing a specific isotope‐labeling approach and magic‐angle‐spinning NMR. The dynamic behavior of the aromatic residues Phe and Tyr indicates that the hydrophobic amyloid core is rigid, without any sign of “breathing motions” over hundreds of milliseconds at least. Aromatic residues exposed at the fibril surface have a rigid ring axis but undergo ring flips on a variety of time scales from nanoseconds to microseconds. Our approach provides direct insight into hydrophobic‐core motions, enabling a better evaluation of the conformational heterogeneity generated from an NMR structural ensemble of such amyloid cross‐β architecture.
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volume:62
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number:19
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year:2023
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extent:6
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Angewandte Chemie / International edition. International edition, Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 1998-, 62, Heft 19 (2023) (gesamt 6), 1521-3773
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1002/anie.202219314
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023042515374221772463
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202219314
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https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023042515374221772463
URL:
https://d-nb.info/1286983452/34
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202219314