scholarly journals Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Interaction of Two Linear Battacin Analogs with Model Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacterial Cell Membranes

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Adri C. T. van Duin ◽  
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2020 ◽  
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Prabir Khatua ◽  
Asis Jana ◽  
Ulrich H. E. Hansmann

AbstractWhile Alzheimer’s disease is correlated with the presence of Aβ fibrils in patient brains, the more likely agents are their precursors, soluble oligomers that may form pores or otherwise distort cell membranes. Using all-atom molecular dynamics simulation we study how presence of fatty acids such as lauric acid changes the stability of pore-forming oligomers built from three-stranded Aβ42 chains. Such a change would alter the distribution of amyloids in the fatty-acid rich brain environment, and therefore could explain the lower polymorphism observed in Aβ-fibrils derived from brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. We find that lauric acid stabilizes both ring-like and barrel-shaped models, with the effect being stronger for barrel-like models than for ring-like oligomers.


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