6C52

Cross-alpha Amyloid-like Structure alphaTet

  • Classification: DE NOVO PROTEIN
  • Organism(s): synthetic construct
  • Mutation(s): No 

  • Deposited: 2018-01-13 Released: 2018-08-15 
  • Deposition Author(s): Liu, L., Zhang, S.Q.
  • Funding Organization(s): National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.223 
  • R-Value Work: 0.192 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.194 

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Literature

Designed peptides that assemble into cross-alpha amyloid-like structures.

Zhang, S.Q.Huang, H.Yang, J.Kratochvil, H.T.Lolicato, M.Liu, Y.Shu, X.Liu, L.DeGrado, W.F.

(2018) Nat Chem Biol 14: 870-875

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-018-0105-5
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6C4X, 6C4Y, 6C4Z, 6C50, 6C51, 6C52, 6D02, 6O3N

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Amyloids adopt 'cross-β' structures composed of long, twisted fibrils with β-strands running perpendicular to the fibril axis. Recently, a toxic peptide was proposed to form amyloid-like cross-α structures in solution, with a planar bilayer-like assembly observed in the crystal structure. Here we crystallographically characterize designed peptides that assemble into spiraling cross-α amyloid-like structures, which resemble twisted β-amyloid fibrils. The peptides form helical dimers, stabilized by packing of small and apolar residues, and the dimers further assemble into cross-α amyloid-like fibrils with superhelical pitches ranging from 170 Å to 200 Å. When a small residue that appeared critical for packing was converted to leucine, it resulted in structural rearrangement to a helical polymer. Fluorescently tagged versions of the designed peptides form puncta in mammalian cells, which recover from photobleaching with markedly different kinetics. These structural folds could be potentially useful for directing in vivo protein assemblies with predetermined spacing and stabilities.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Cross-alpha Amyloid-like Structure alphaTet
A, B, C, D
27synthetic constructMutation(s): 0 
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.223 
  • R-Value Work: 0.192 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.194 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 47.45α = 90
b = 75.57β = 90
c = 27.99γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)United StatesR35GM122603

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2018-08-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2018-08-29
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2019-02-20
    Changes: Author supporting evidence, Data collection, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.3: 2020-01-01
    Changes: Author supporting evidence