Hayward, S. and Milner-White, E. J. (2017) Geometrical principles of homomeric β-barrels and β-helices: application to modelling amyloid protofilaments. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 85(10), pp. 1866-1881. (doi: 10.1002/prot.25341) (PMID:28646497)
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Abstract
Examples of homomeric β-helices and β-barrels have recently emerged. Here we generalise the theory for the shear number in β-barrels to encompass β-helices and homomeric structures. We introduce the concept of the “β-strip”, the set of parallel or antiparallel neighbouring strands, from which the whole helix can be generated giving it n-fold rotational symmetry. In this context the shear number is interpreted as the sum around the helix of the fixed register shift between neighbouring identical β-strips. Using this approach we have derived relationships between helical width, pitch, angle between strand direction and helical axis, mass per length, register shift, and number of strands. The validity and unifying power of the method is demonstrated with known structures including α-haemolysin, T4 phage spike, cylindrin, and the HET-s(218-289) prion. From reported dimensions measured by X-ray fibre diffraction on amyloid fibrils the relationships can be used to predict the register shift and the number of strands within amyloid protofilaments. This was used to construct models of transthyretin and Alzheimer β(40) amyloid protofilaments that comprise a single strip of in-register β-strands folded into a “β-strip helix”. Results suggest both stabilisation of an individual β-strip helix as well as growth by addition of further β-strip helices involves the same pair of sequence segments associating with β-sheet hydrogen bonding at the same register shift. This association would be aided by a repeat sequence. Hence understanding of how the register shift (as the distance between repeat sequences) relates to helical dimensions, will be useful for nanotube design.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Milner-White, Professor E |
Authors: | Hayward, S., and Milner-White, E. J. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Life Sciences |
Journal Name: | Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics |
Publisher: | Wiley |
ISSN: | 0887-3585 |
ISSN (Online): | 1097-0134 |
Published Online: | 24 June 2017 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
First Published: | First published in Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics 85(10):1866-1881 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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