Crystallographic studies on protein misfolding: Domain swapping and amyloid formation in the SH3 domain.
Arch Biochem Biophys
; 602: 116-126, 2016 Jul 15.
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ABSTRACT
Oligomerization by 3D domain swapping is found in a variety of proteins of diverse size, fold and function. In the early 1960s this phenomenon was postulated for the oligomers of ribonuclease A, but it was not until the 1990s that X-ray diffraction provided the first experimental evidence of this special manner of oligomerization. Nowadays, structural information has allowed the identification of these swapped oligomers in over one hundred proteins. Although the functional relevance of this phenomenon is not clear, this alternative folding of protomers into intertwined oligomers has been related to amyloid formation. Studies on proteins that develop 3D domain swapping might provide some clues on the early stages of amyloid formation. The SH3 domain is a small modular domain that has been used as a model to study the basis of protein folding. Among SH3 domains, the c-Src-SH3 domain emerges as a helpful model to study 3D domain swapping and amyloid formation.
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Modelos Moleculares
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Dobramento de Proteína
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Domínios de Homologia de src
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Cristalografia
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Amiloide
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2016
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