Influence of the aqueous environment on protein structure : a plausible hypothesis concerning the mechanism of amyloidogenesis

2016
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17
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dc.abstract.enThe aqueous environment is a pervasive factor which, in many ways, determines the protein folding process and consequently the activity of proteins. Proteins are unable to perform their function unless immersed in water (membrane proteins excluded from this statement). Tertiary conformational stabilization is dependent on the presence of internal force fields (nonbonding interactions between atoms), as well as an external force field generated by water. The hitherto the unknown structuralization of water as the aqueous environment may be elucidated by analyzing its effects on protein structure and function. Our study is based on the fuzzy oil drop model—a mechanism which describes the formation of a hydrophobic core and attempts to explain the emergence of amyloid-like fibrils. A set of proteins which vary with respect to their fuzzy oil drop status (including titin, transthyretin and a prion protein) have been selected for in-depth analysis to suggest the plausible mechanism of amyloidogenesis.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanejpl
dc.affiliationWydział Lekarski : Zakład Bioinformatyki i Telemedycynypl
dc.cm.id81001
dc.contributor.authorRoterman-Konieczna, Irena - 133298 pl
dc.contributor.authorBanach, Mateusz - 103003 pl
dc.contributor.authorKalinowska, Barbara - 114621 pl
dc.contributor.authorKonieczny, Leszekpl
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-29T12:16:13Z
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dc.description.volume18pl
dc.identifier.articleid351pl
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/e18100351pl
dc.identifier.eissn1099-4300pl
dc.identifier.projectROD UJ / Ppl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/34602
dc.languageengpl
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dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.enamyloidpl
dc.subject.enbioinformaticspl
dc.subject.endivergence entropypl
dc.subject.enhydrophobic corepl
dc.subject.enprionpl
dc.subject.entitinpl
dc.subject.entransthyretinpl
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The aqueous environment is a pervasive factor which, in many ways, determines the protein folding process and consequently the activity of proteins. Proteins are unable to perform their function unless immersed in water (membrane proteins excluded from this statement). Tertiary conformational stabilization is dependent on the presence of internal force fields (nonbonding interactions between atoms), as well as an external force field generated by water. The hitherto the unknown structuralization of water as the aqueous environment may be elucidated by analyzing its effects on protein structure and function. Our study is based on the fuzzy oil drop model—a mechanism which describes the formation of a hydrophobic core and attempts to explain the emergence of amyloid-like fibrils. A set of proteins which vary with respect to their fuzzy oil drop status (including titin, transthyretin and a prion protein) have been selected for in-depth analysis to suggest the plausible mechanism of amyloidogenesis.
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Lekarski : Zakład Bioinformatyki i Telemedycyny
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81001
dc.contributor.authorpl
Roterman-Konieczna, Irena - 133298
dc.contributor.authorpl
Banach, Mateusz - 103003
dc.contributor.authorpl
Kalinowska, Barbara - 114621
dc.contributor.authorpl
Konieczny, Leszek
dc.date.accessioned
2016-12-29T12:16:13Z
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2016-12-29T12:16:13Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2016
dc.date.openaccess
0
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w momencie opublikowania
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10
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30
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ostateczna wersja wydawcy
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18
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351
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10.3390/e18100351
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1099-4300
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ROD UJ / P
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http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/34602
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eng
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eng
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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CC-BY
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
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otwarte czasopismo
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amyloid
dc.subject.enpl
bioinformatics
dc.subject.enpl
divergence entropy
dc.subject.enpl
hydrophobic core
dc.subject.enpl
prion
dc.subject.enpl
titin
dc.subject.enpl
transthyretin
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Article
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Influence of the aqueous environment on protein structure : a plausible hypothesis concerning the mechanism of amyloidogenesis
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Entropy
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