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The influence of several small molecules and amino acids on the early and late stage of alpha synuclein aggregation has been investigated using spectroscopy at the conventional and single molecule resolution. Arginine was found to inhibit the formation of amyloid formation by inducing a conformational change in the monomeric protein. In contrast, another amino acid glutamate facilitates amyloid fibril formation by facilitating the generation of small molecule oligomers.
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The result may have implication in developing therapeutic molecules against Parkinson's Disease.
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This page is a summary of: Small Molecules Attenuate the Interplay between Conformational Fluctuations, Early Oligomerization and Amyloidosis of Alpha Synuclein, Scientific Reports, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23718-3.
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