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DOI 10.1021/bi000850r
Title (Primary) Structure, microtubule interactions, and paired helical filament aggregation by tau mutants of frontotemporal dementias
Author Barghorn, S.; Zheng-Fischhofer, Q.; Ackmann, M.; Biernat, J.; von Bergen, M.; Mandelkow, E.-M.; Mandelkow, E.
Source Titel Biochemistry
Year 2000
Department PROTEOM
Volume 39
Issue 38
Page From 11714
Page To 11721
Language englisch
Abstract We have studied biochemical and structural parameters of several missense and deletion mutants of tau protein (G272V, N279K, K280, P301L, V337M, R406W) found in frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). The mutant proteins were expressed on the basis of both full-length tau (htau40) and constructs derived from the repeat domain. They were analyzed with respect to the capacity to enhance microtubule assembly, binding of tau to microtubules, secondary structure content, and aggregation into Alzheimer-like paired helical or straight filaments. We find that the mutations cause a moderate decrease in microtubule interactions and stabilization, and they show no gross structural changes compared with the natively unfolded conformation of the wild-type protein, but the aggregation into PHFs is strongly enhanced, particularly for the mutants K280 and P301L. This gain of pathological aggregation would be consistent with the autosomal dominant nature of the disease.
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Barghorn, S., Zheng-Fischhofer, Q., Ackmann, M., Biernat, J., von Bergen, M., Mandelkow, E.-M., Mandelkow, E. (2000):
Structure, microtubule interactions, and paired helical filament aggregation by tau mutants of frontotemporal dementias
Biochemistry 39 (38), 11714 - 11721