Structure of the toxic core of alpha-synuclein from invisible crystals.
Rodriguez, J.A., Ivanova, M.I., Sawaya, M.R., Cascio, D., Reyes, F.E., Shi, D., Sangwan, S., Guenther, E.L., Johnson, L.M., Zhang, M., Jiang, L., Arbing, M.A., Nannenga, B.L., Hattne, J., Whitelegge, J., Brewster, A.S., Messerschmidt, M., Boutet, S., Sauter, N.K., Gonen, T., Eisenberg, D.S.(2015) Nature 525: 486-490
- PubMed: 26352473 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15368
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4RIK, 4RIL, 4ZNN - PubMed Abstract: 
The protein α-synuclein is the main component of Lewy bodies, the neuron-associated aggregates seen in Parkinson disease and other neurodegenerative pathologies. An 11-residue segment, which we term NACore, appears to be responsible for amyloid formation and cytotoxicity of human α-synuclein ...