Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Kinetic analysis reveals the diversity of microscopic mechanisms through which molecular chaperones suppress amyloid formation

  • Paolo Arosio,
  • Thomas C. T. Michaels,
  • Sara Linse,
  • Cecilia Månsson,
  • Cecilia Emanuelsson,
  • Jenny Presto,
  • Jan Johansson,
  • Michele Vendruscolo,
  • Christopher M. Dobson,
  • Tuomas P. J. Knowles

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10948
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Molecular chaperones are recognized to interfere with protein aggregation, yet the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, the authors develop a kinetic model that reveals the variety of distinct microscopic mechanisms through which molecular chaperones act to suppress amyloid formation.