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Template-assisted filament growth by parallel stacking of tau

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Margittai, Martin, Langen, Ralf·2004·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Tau Filaments are found in >20 neurodegenerative diseases. Yet, because of their enormous molecular weights and poor tendency to form highly ordered 3D crystal lattices, they have evaded high-resolution structure determination. Here, we studied 25 derivatized tau mutants by using electron paramagnetic resonance and fluorescence spectroscopy to report structural details of tau filaments. Based on strong spin exchange and pyrene excimer formation of core residues, we find that individual tau proteins form single molecule layers along the fiber axis that perfectly stack on top of each other by in-register, parallel alignment of β-strands. We suggest a model of filament growth wherein the existing filament serves as a template for the incoming, unfolded tau molecule, resulting in a new structured layer with maximized hydrogen-bonded contact surface and side-chain stacking.

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Authors
Margittai, M., & Langen, R.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2004-07-06
Volume
101
Issue
28
Pages
10278-10283
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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W2091441518
Cited by
274
References
6
FWCI
9.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green

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Margittai, M., & Langen, R. (2004). Template-assisted filament growth by parallel stacking of tau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0401911101

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