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Structural Principles of Tau and the Paired Helical Filaments of Alzheimer's Disease

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Mandelkow, Eckhard, Von Bergen, Martin, Biernat, Jacek, Mandelkow, Eva‐Maria·2007·Brain Pathology

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Tau, a major microtubule-associated protein in brain, forms abnormal fibers in Alzheimer's disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases. Tau is highly soluble and adopts a natively unfolded structure in solution. In the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer's disease, small segments of tau adopt a beta-conformation and interact with other tau molecules. In the filament core, the microtubule-binding repeat region of tau has a cross-beta structure, while the rest of the protein retains its largely unfolded structure and gives rise to the fuzzy coat of the filaments.

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Authors
Mandelkow, E., Von Bergen, M., Biernat, J., & Mandelkow, E.
Affiliations
Max Planck Unit for Structural Molecular Biology (DE)
Venue
Brain Pathology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-01
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
83-90
ISSN
  • 1015-6305 (ISSN-L)
  • 1750-3639
OpenAlex
W2098220760
Cited by
243
References
130
Citations by year
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1.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Brain Pathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Desy publication database (The Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
tau protein, paired helical filaments, Alzheimer's disease, protein aggregation, cross-β structure, microtubule-binding repeats, intrinsically disordered proteins, neurodegeneration
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Humans, Microtubules, tau Proteins, Protein Folding

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