期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 106, 期 5, 页码 1421-1426出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812261106
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; GxxxG motifs; progressive cleavage; solid-state-NMR spectroscopy
资金
- National Institutes of Health [AG-27317, GM-46732]
- Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (F.N.R.S.)
- Federation Belge contre le Cancer and the de Hovre Foundation
- Interuniversity Attraction Poles Program-Belgian Sate-Belgian Science Policy
- Foundation for Research on Alzheimer Disease (FRMA)
Processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by gamma-secretase is the last step in the formation of the A beta peptides associated Alzheimer's disease. Solid-state NMR spectroscopy is used to establish the structural features of the transmembrane (TM) and juxtamembrane (JM) domains of APP that facilitate proteolysis. Using peptides corresponding to the APP TM and JM regions (residues 618-660), we show that the TM domain forms an alpha-helical homodimer mediated by consecutive GxxxG motifs. We find that the APP TM helix is disrupted at the intracellular membrane boundary near the epsilon-cleavage site. This helix-to-coil transition is required for gamma-secretase processing; mutations that extend the TM alpha-helix inhibit epsilon cleavage, leading to a low production of A beta peptides and an accumulation of the alpha- and beta-C-terminal fragments. Our data support a progressive cleavage mechanism for APP proteolysis that depends on the helix-to-coil transition at the TM-JM boundary and unraveling of the TM alpha-helix.
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