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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The dissociated form of kappa-casein is the precursor to its amyloid fibril formation |
Author: | Ecroyd, H. Thorn, D. Liu, Y. Carver, J. |
Citation: | Biochemical Journal, 2010; 429(2):251-260 |
Publisher: | Portland Press |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 0264-6021 1470-8728 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ecroyd H, Thorn D.C, Liu Y and Carver J.A. |
Abstract: | Bovine milk kappa-casein forms a self-associating oligomeric micelle-like species, in equilibrium with dissociated forms. In its native form, intra- and inter-molecular disulfide bonds lead to the formation of multimeric species ranging from monomers to decamers. When incubated under conditions of physiological pH and temperature, both reduced and non-reduced kappa-casein form highly structured beta-sheet amyloid fibrils. We investigated whether the precursor to kappa-casein fibril formation is a dissociated state of the protein or its oligomeric micelle-like form. We show that reduced kappa-casein is capable of forming fibrils well below its critical micelle concentration, i.e. at concentrations where only dissociated forms of the protein are present. Moreover, by regulating the degree of disulfide linkages, we were able to investigate how oligomerization of kappa-casein influences its propensity for fibril formation under conditions of physiological pH and temperature. Thus, using fractions containing different proportions of multimeric species, we demonstrate that the propensity of the disulfide-linked multimers to form fibrils is inversely related to their size, with monomeric kappa-casein being the most aggregation prone. We conclude that dissociated forms of kappa-casein are the amyloidogenic precursors to fibril formation rather than oligomeric micelle-like species. The results highlight the role of oligomerization and natural binding partners in preventing amyloid fibril formation by disease-related proteins in vivo. |
Keywords: | Animals Cattle Disulfides Thiazoles Amyloid Caseins Microscopy, Electron, Transmission Temperature Oxidation-Reduction Micelles Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Molecular Weight Benzothiazoles Protein Multimerization In Vitro Techniques |
DOI: | 10.1042/BJ20091949 |
Grant ID: | ARC NHMRC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj20091949 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Chemistry and Physics publications IPAS publications |
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