Copper Binding and Subsequent Aggregation of α-Synuclein Are Modulated by N-Terminal Acetylation and Ablated by the H50Q Missense Mutation

Summary

The Parkinson’s disease-associated protein α-synuclein exhibits significant conformational heterogeneity. Bacterially expressed α-synuclein is known to bind to copper, resulting in the formation of aggregation-prone compact conformations. However, in vivo, α-synuclein undergoes acetylation at its N-terminus. Here the effect of this modification and the pathological H50Q mutation on copper binding and subsequent conformational transitions were investigated by electrospray ionization–ion mobility spectrometry–mass spectrometry. We demonstrate that acetylation perturbs the ability of α-synuclein to bind copper and that the H50Q missense mutation in the presence of N-terminal acetylation prevents copper binding. These modifications and mutations prevent the formation of the most compact conformations and inhibit copper-induced aggregation.

Keywords: Mass spectrometry,
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Academic units: Faculty of Health and Wellbeing (HWB) > Academic Departments > Department of Biosciences
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Funder NameGrant NumberFunder ID
Sheffield Hallam UniversityUNSPECIFIED
Royal SocietyRG2010R1http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000288
British Mass Spectrometry SocietyUNSPECIFIED
Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2016 American Chemical Society
Publisher of the data: Figshare
Publication date: 12 August 2016
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DOI: http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00708
URL of the data (if published elsewhere): https://figshare.com/articles/Copper_Binding_and_S...
SHURDA URI: http://shurda.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31

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