3HYD | pdb_00003hyd

Molecular basis for insulin fibril assembly.

(2009) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A&nbsp106: 18990-18995

• PubMed:&nbsp19864624&nbspSearch on PubMedSearch on PubMed Central
• DOI:&nbsphttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0910080106
• Primary Citation of Related Structures: &nbsp
  3HYD


• PubMed Abstract:&nbsp
  

  In the rare medical condition termed injection amyloidosis, extracellular fibrils of insulin are observed. We found that the segment of the insulin B-chain with sequence LVEALYL is the smallest segment that both nucleates and inhibits the fibrillation of full-length insulin in a molar ratio-dependent manner, suggesting that this segment is central to the cross-beta spine of the insulin fibril. In isolation from the rest of the protein, LVEALYL forms microcrystalline aggregates with fibrillar morphology, the structure of which we determined to 1 A resolution. The LVEALYL segments are stacked into pairs of tightly interdigitated beta-sheets, each pair displaying the dry steric zipper interface typical of amyloid-like fibrils. This structure leads to a model for fibrils of human insulin consistent with electron microscopic, x-ray fiber diffraction, and biochemical studies.

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Organizational Affiliation:&nbsp

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, Los Angeles CA 90095-1570, USA.