Amyloids are proteins which exist in the form of insoluble aggregates and possess a characteristic cross-beta structure. The formation of amyloid aggregates can be seen during several pathological processes in humans, including neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, and systemic amyloidoses. Despite their infamous association with the previously mentioned conditions, amyloids can also serve a functional role in biological systems. For example, Pmel17, which is involved in melanin polymerization in mammalian cells, resembles an amyloid structure, and some peptide hormones are also known to be stored in amyloid form in secretory granules of the endocrine system. Thus, studying amyloids as functional proteins may aid in both determining targets for the treatment of pathological conditions and in understanding their unique role in the organism. The analysis of amyloid-like properties requires a comprehensive approach using bioinformatic prediction, which can later be verified using bacterial and yeast systems as well as various biochemical tests. The object of this study is the protein COL2A1 , better known as type II collagen. This type of collagen forms the basis of cartilage tissue and its mutant form can cause diseases known as collagenopathies. This protein possesses some distinctive features characteristic of amyloids. These features include Congo red staining and a tendency to form fibrillar structures. In addition, the possibility of it forming amyloid structures was predicted for the third isoform of type II collagen via the ArchCandy program. In this work, we present data on the investigation of COL2A1's amyloid properties in a C-DAG system and a yeast model. Currently, additional studies are being conducted to obtain the protein in a bacterial system to assess its biochemical properties.
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                    Analysis of the amyloid-like properties of COL2A1 protein
                
                                    
                
                
                    Published:
12 April 2024
by MDPI
in The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Biomolecules
session Biomolecular Structures and Functions
                
                
                
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                        Keywords: amyloids, collagen type II, yeast test-system, C-DAG test system, protein analysis, protein screening
                    
                
                
                 
         
            
 
        
    
    
         
    
    
         
    
    
         
    
    
         
    
