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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: The formation of filaments from naturally occurring protein molecules is a
process at the core of a range of functional and aberrant biological phenomena,
such as the assembly of the cytoskeleton or the appearance of aggregates in Alzheimer's
disease. The macroscopic behaviour associated with such processes is remarkably
diverse, ranging from simple nucleated growth to highly cooperative processes
with a well-defined lagtime. Thus, conventionally, different molecular mechanisms
have been used to explain the self-assembly of different proteins. Here we show
that this range of behaviour can be quantitatively captured by a single unifying
Petri net that describes filamentous growth in terms of aggregate number and aggregate
mass concentrations. By considering general features associated with a particular
network connectivity, we are able to establish directly the rate-determining steps
of the overall aggregation reaction from the system's scaling behaviour. We illustrate
the power of this framework on a range of different experimental and simulated
aggregating systems. The approach is general and will be applicable to any future
extensions of the reaction network of filamentous self-assembly.
acknowledgement: The research leading to these results has received funding from the
European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013) through the ERC grant PhysProt (agreement no. 337969) (SL, TPJK),
Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (GM), the Frances and Augusta Newman Foundation
(TPJK), the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (TPJK), the Swedish
Research Council (SL), the Academy of Medical Sciences (AŠ), Wellcome Trust (AŠ),
and the Cambridge Centre for Misfolding Diseases (CMD, TPJK, MV).
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Georg
full_name: Meisl, Georg
last_name: Meisl
- first_name: Luke
full_name: Rajah, Luke
last_name: Rajah
- first_name: Samuel A. I.
full_name: Cohen, Samuel A. I.
last_name: Cohen
- first_name: Manuela
full_name: Pfammatter, Manuela
last_name: Pfammatter
- first_name: Anđela
full_name: Šarić, Anđela
id: bf63d406-f056-11eb-b41d-f263a6566d8b
last_name: Šarić
orcid: 0000-0002-7854-2139
- first_name: Erik
full_name: Hellstrand, Erik
last_name: Hellstrand
- first_name: Alexander K.
full_name: Buell, Alexander K.
last_name: Buell
- first_name: Adriano
full_name: Aguzzi, Adriano
last_name: Aguzzi
- first_name: Sara
full_name: Linse, Sara
last_name: Linse
- first_name: Michele
full_name: Vendruscolo, Michele
last_name: Vendruscolo
- first_name: Christopher M.
full_name: Dobson, Christopher M.
last_name: Dobson
- first_name: Tuomas P. J.
full_name: Knowles, Tuomas P. J.
last_name: Knowles
citation:
ama: Meisl G, Rajah L, Cohen SAI, et al. Scaling behaviour and rate-determining
steps in filamentous self-assembly. Chemical Science. 2017;8(10):7087-7097.
doi:10.1039/c7sc01965c
apa: Meisl, G., Rajah, L., Cohen, S. A. I., Pfammatter, M., Šarić, A., Hellstrand,
E., … Knowles, T. P. J. (2017). Scaling behaviour and rate-determining steps in
filamentous self-assembly. Chemical Science. Royal Society of Chemistry.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc01965c
chicago: Meisl, Georg, Luke Rajah, Samuel A. I. Cohen, Manuela Pfammatter, Anđela
Šarić, Erik Hellstrand, Alexander K. Buell, et al. “Scaling Behaviour and Rate-Determining
Steps in Filamentous Self-Assembly.” Chemical Science. Royal Society of
Chemistry, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc01965c.
ieee: G. Meisl et al., “Scaling behaviour and rate-determining steps in filamentous
self-assembly,” Chemical Science, vol. 8, no. 10. Royal Society of Chemistry,
pp. 7087–7097, 2017.
ista: Meisl G, Rajah L, Cohen SAI, Pfammatter M, Šarić A, Hellstrand E, Buell AK,
Aguzzi A, Linse S, Vendruscolo M, Dobson CM, Knowles TPJ. 2017. Scaling behaviour
and rate-determining steps in filamentous self-assembly. Chemical Science. 8(10),
7087–7097.
mla: Meisl, Georg, et al. “Scaling Behaviour and Rate-Determining Steps in Filamentous
Self-Assembly.” Chemical Science, vol. 8, no. 10, Royal Society of Chemistry,
2017, pp. 7087–97, doi:10.1039/c7sc01965c.
short: G. Meisl, L. Rajah, S.A.I. Cohen, M. Pfammatter, A. Šarić, E. Hellstrand,
A.K. Buell, A. Aguzzi, S. Linse, M. Vendruscolo, C.M. Dobson, T.P.J. Knowles,
Chemical Science 8 (2017) 7087–7097.
date_created: 2021-11-29T09:29:31Z
date_published: 2017-08-31T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-11-29T10:00:00Z
day: '31'
ddc:
- '540'
doi: 10.1039/c7sc01965c
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- general chemistry
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page: 7087-7097
pmid: 1
publication: Chemical Science
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 2041-6539
issn:
- 2041-6520
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publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
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title: Scaling behaviour and rate-determining steps in filamentous self-assembly
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