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Chiral Interface of Amyloid Beta (Aβ): Relevance to Protein Aging, Aggregation and Neurodegeneration

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Author	Victor V. Dyakin Thomas M. Wisniewski Abel Lajtha
Abstract	Biochirality is the subject of distinct branches of science, including biophysics, biochemistry, the stereochemistry of protein folding, neuroscience, brain functional laterality and bioinformatics. At the protein level, biochirality is closely associated with various post-translational modifications (PTMs) accompanied by the non-equilibrium phase transitions (PhTs$ ^{NE}$). PTMs$ ^{NE}$ support the dynamic balance of the prevalent chirality of enzymes and their substrates. The stereoselective nature of most biochemical reactions is evident in the enzymatic (Enz) and spontaneous (Sp) PTMs (PTMs$ ^{Enz}$ and PTMs$ ^{Sp}$) of proteins. Protein chirality, which embraces biophysics and biochemistry, is a subject of this review. In this broad field, we focus attention to the amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide, known for its essential cellular functions and associations with neuropathology. The widely discussed amyloid cascade hypothesis (ACH) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) states that disease pathogenesis is initiated by the oligomerization and subsequent aggregation of the Aβ peptide into plaques. The racemization-induced aggregation of protein and RNA have been extensively studied in the search for the contribution of spontaneous stochastic stereo-specific mechanisms that are common for both kinds of biomolecules. The failure of numerous Aβ drug-targeting therapies requires the reconsolidation of the ACH with the concept of PTMs$ ^{Sp}$. The progress in methods of chiral discrimination can help overcome previous limitations in the understanding of AD pathogenesis. The primary target of attention becomes the network of stereospecific PTMs that affect the aggregation of many pathogenic agents, including Aβ. Extensive recent experimental results describe the truncated, isomerized and racemized forms of Aβ and the interplay between enzymatic and PTMs$ ^{Sp}$. Currently, accumulated data suggest that non-enzymatic PTMs$ ^{Sp}$ occur in parallel to an existing metabolic network of enzymatic pathways, meaning that the presence and activity of enzymes does not prevent non-enzymatic reactions from occurring. PTMs$ ^{Sp}$ impact the functions of many proteins and peptides, including Aβ. This is in logical agreement with the silently accepted racemization hypothesis of protein aggregation (RHPA). Therefore, the ACH of AD should be complemented by the concept of PTMs$ ^{Sp}$ and RHPA.
e-ISSN	20738994
DOI	10.3390/sym12040585
Journal	Symmetry
Issue Number	585
Volume Number	12
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI AG
Publisher Date	2020-01-01
Publisher Place	Switzerland
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Mathematics Biochirality Post-translational Modifications Protein Folding Protein Aggregation Spontaneous Chemical Reactions Neurodegeneration
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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