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Cross-α/β polymorphism of PSMα3 fibrils.

Olivia M CracchioloDean N EdunVincent M BettiJacob M GoldbergArnaldo L Serrano
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2022)
The formation of ordered cross-β amyloid protein aggregates is associated with a variety of human disorders. While conventional infrared methods serve as sensitive reporters of the presence of these amyloids, the recently discovered amyloid secondary structure of cross-α fibrils presents new questions and challenges. Herein, we report results using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to monitor the aggregation of one such cross-α-forming peptide, phenol soluble modulin alpha 3 (PSMα3). Phenol soluble modulins (PSMs) are involved in the formation and stabilization of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms, making sensitive methods of detecting and characterizing these fibrils a pressing need. Our experimental data coupled with spectroscopic simulations reveals the simultaneous presence of cross-α and cross-β polymorphs within samples of PSMα3 fibrils. We also report a new spectroscopic feature indicative of cross-α fibrils.
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