This Brief summarizes the current research on the novel BRICHOS
domain, which is a chaperone domain found in a variety of proteins and
is shown to exhibit anti-amyloidogenic chaperone-like functions. The
BRICHOS domain is defined from sequence similarities, lacks
established physiological function(s) and is found about 10 distantly
related pro-protein families, several of which are associated with
human disease. In this work, the authors review the mechanism by which
BRICHOS inhibits Aβ aggregation and examine recent results from in
vivo experiments where BRICHOS inhibits Aβ aggregation and toxicity
in Drosophila melanogaster. BRICHOS is one of nature´s (more
specific) ways to protect against fibril formation, and exploring the
potential of using the BRICHOS domain in the fight against Alzeimer's
Disease and other amyloid diseases seems highly relevant. This brief
is useful for newcomers to this field or researchers in related fields
wishing to gain a quick overview of the latest findings.
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Its Proproteins and Functions
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783319165646
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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