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Lysozyme Amyloid Fibril Structural Variability Dependence on Initial Protein Folding State
Authors:Kamile Mikalauskaite  Mantas Ziaunys  Vytautas Smirnovas
Affiliation:Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (K.M.); (M.Z.)
Abstract:Amyloid fibril formation is associated with several amyloidoses, including neurodegenerative Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s diseases. The process of such fibrillar structure formation is still not fully understood, with new mechanistic insights appearing on a regular basis. This, in turn, has limited the development of potential anti-amyloid compounds, with only a handful of effective cures or treatment modalities available. One of the multiple amyloid aggregation factors that requires further examination is the ability of proteins to form multiple, structurally distinct aggregates, based on the environmental conditions. In this work, we examine how the initial folding state affects the fibrilization of lysozyme—an amyloidogenic protein, often used in protein aggregation studies. We show that there is a correlation between the initial state of the protein and the aggregate formation lag time, rate of elongation, resulting aggregate structural variability and dye-binding properties, as well as formation lag time and rate of elongation.
Keywords:amyloid   protein aggregation   lysozyme   fibril
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