Molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment
Aggregation of the microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT) within neurons of the brain is the leading cause of tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease. MAPT is a phospho-protein that is selectively phosphorylated by a number of kinases in vivo to perform its biological function. However, it m...
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| description | Aggregation of the microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT) within neurons of the brain is the leading cause of tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease. MAPT is a phospho-protein that is selectively phosphorylated by a number of kinases in vivo to perform its biological function. However, it may become pathogenically hyperphosphorylated, causing aggregation into paired helical filaments and neurofibrillary tangles. The phosphorylation induced conformational change on a peptide of MAPT (htau225-250) was investigated by performing molecular dynamics simulations with different phosphorylation patterns of the peptide (pThr231 and/or pSer235) in different simulation conditions to determine the effect of ionic strength and phosphate charge. All phosphorylation patterns were found to disrupt a nascent terminal ß-sheet pattern (226VAVVR230 and 244QTAPVP249), replacing it with a range of structures. The double pThr231/pSer235 phosphorylation pattern at experimental ionic strength resulted in the best agreement with NMR structural characterization, with the observation of a transient α-helix (239AKSRLQT245). PPII helical conformations were only found sporadically throughout the simulations. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-374742019-02-19T04:26:40Z Molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment Lyons, Albert Gandhi, Neha Mancera, Ricardo tau protein microtubule MAPT molecular dynamics phosphorylation Aggregation of the microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT) within neurons of the brain is the leading cause of tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease. MAPT is a phospho-protein that is selectively phosphorylated by a number of kinases in vivo to perform its biological function. However, it may become pathogenically hyperphosphorylated, causing aggregation into paired helical filaments and neurofibrillary tangles. The phosphorylation induced conformational change on a peptide of MAPT (htau225-250) was investigated by performing molecular dynamics simulations with different phosphorylation patterns of the peptide (pThr231 and/or pSer235) in different simulation conditions to determine the effect of ionic strength and phosphate charge. All phosphorylation patterns were found to disrupt a nascent terminal ß-sheet pattern (226VAVVR230 and 244QTAPVP249), replacing it with a range of structures. The double pThr231/pSer235 phosphorylation pattern at experimental ionic strength resulted in the best agreement with NMR structural characterization, with the observation of a transient α-helix (239AKSRLQT245). PPII helical conformations were only found sporadically throughout the simulations. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37474 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prot.24544/abstract Wiley fulltext |
| spellingShingle | tau protein microtubule MAPT molecular dynamics phosphorylation Lyons, Albert Gandhi, Neha Mancera, Ricardo Molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment |
| title | Molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment |
| title_full | Molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment |
| title_fullStr | Molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment |
| title_short | Molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment |
| title_sort | molecular dynamics simulation of the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes of a tau peptide fragment |
| topic | tau protein microtubule MAPT molecular dynamics phosphorylation |
| url | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prot.24544/abstract http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37474 |