Neglected N-Truncated Amyloid-β Peptide and Its Mixed Cu–Zn Complexes

The Protein Journal(2022)

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Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides are involved in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) development. The interactions of these peptides with copper and zinc ions also seem to be crucial for this pathology. Although Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions binding by Aβ peptides has been scrupulously investigated, surprisingly, this phenomenon has not been so thoroughly elucidated for N-truncated Aβ 4−x —probably the most common version of this biomolecule. This negligence also applies to mixed Cu–Zn complexes. From the structural in silico analysis presented in this work, it appears that there are two possible mixed Cu–Zn(Aβ 4−x ) complexes with different stoichiometries and, consequently, distinct properties. The Cu–Zn(Aβ 4−x ) complex with 1:1:1 stoichiometry may have a neuroprotective superoxide dismutase-like activity. On the other hand, another mixed 2:1:2 Cu–Zn(Aβ 4−x ) complex is perhaps a seed for toxic oligomers. Hence, this work proposes a novel research direction for our better understanding of AD development. Graphical Abstract
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Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid-β, Mixed complex, Copper complex, Zinc complex
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