Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Dec 28;46(48):9137-9. doi: 10.1039/c0cc02446e. Epub 2010 Nov 8.
The fatal neurological disorder Alzheimer's disease has been linked to soluble neurotoxic oligomers of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides. Herein we demonstrate that Cu(1+) ligated within Aβ(42) oligomers (Aβ sequence: DAEFRHDSGYEVHHQKLVFFAEDVGSNKGAIIGLMVGGVVIA) possesses a highly dioxygen sensitive tetrahedral coordination geometry. The biological implications of these findings are discussed.
致命的神经紊乱疾病阿尔茨海默病与淀粉样β(Aβ)肽的可溶性神经毒性低聚物有关。在此,我们证明了在 Aβ(42)低聚物(Aβ 序列:DAEFRHDSGYEVHHQKLVFFAEDVGSNKGAIIGLMVGGVVIA)中配位的 Cu(1+)具有高度敏感的双氧四面配位几何构型。讨论了这些发现的生物学意义。