Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils for Magic-Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy.
 

Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils for Magic-Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy.

Related Articles Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils for Magic-Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy.

Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1345:173-83

Authors: Tuttle MD, Courtney JM, Barclay AM, Rienstra CM

Abstract
Solid-state NMR spectroscopy (SSNMR) is an established and invaluable tool for the study of amyloid fibril structure with atomic-level detail. Optimization of the homogeneity and concentration of fibrils enhances the resolution and sensitivity of SSNMR spectra. Here, we present a fibrillization and fibril processing protocol, starting from purified monomeric ?-synuclein, that enables the collection of high-resolution SSNMR spectra suitable for site-specific structural analysis. This protocol does not rely on any special features of ?-synuclein and should be generalizable to any other amyloid protein.


PMID: 26453212 [PubMed - in process]



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