Researchers at the UAB have determined the structure of amyloid fibers formed by the protein hnRNPDL-2, implicated in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 3, using high-resolution cryo-electron ...

In this collection, we highlight papers reporting structural insights into amyloid fibrils associated with neurodegenerative and systemic diseases as well as functional amyloids that were obtained ...

Solving the structure of an amyloid protein gives new insight into limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 3 (LGMD D3) and functional protein aggregation. LGMD D3 is a rare disease characterized by slow ...

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy transthyretin moves hormones through blood and spinal fluid, misfolded ...

Researchers use microscopy to chart amyloid beta's underlying structure and yield insight into neurodegenerative disease. Amyloid-beta (A-beta) aggregates are tangles of proteins most notably ...

Prof. Liu Cong from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators, has revealed the high-resolution structures of amyloid fibrils directly ...

Amyloid fibrils appear in many neurodegenerative diseases, and scientists are eager to understand how they form and spread. But amyloids—clumped aggregations of misfolded proteins—can be difficult to ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating incurable disease that affects millions of patients worldwide. Deposits of amyloid beta (Aβ) amyloid in the brain is key to AD pathology at early stages.

A new biophysical study why apoE and other apolipoproteins co-deposit with amyloids and provides a structural basis for understanding how apolipoproteins modulate amyloid growth and proliferation in ...