Exploring the aggregation propensity of γS-crystallin protein variants using two-dimensional spectroscopic tools.

ABSTRACT: The formation of amyloid fibrils is associated with many serious diseases as well as diverse biological functions. Despite the importance of these aggregates, predicting the aggregation propensity of a particular sequence is a major challenge. We report a joint 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and ultraviolet (2DUV) study of fibrillization in the wild-type and two aggregation-prone mutants of the eye lens protein γS-crystallin. Simulations show that the complexity of 2DUV signals as measured by their "approximate entropy" is a good indicator for the conformational entropy and in turn is strongly correlated with its aggregation propensity. These findings are in agreement with high-resolution NMR experiments and are corroborated for amyloid fibrils. The 2DUV technique is complementary to

SUBMITTER: Jiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3946429 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature