Drochioiu G. An electrospray ionization mass spectrometric study of iron binding to amyloid-beta peptides.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2009;
15:651-659. [PMID:
19679945 DOI:
10.1255/ejms.1004]
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Abstract
Iron and other metal ions appear to play an important role in protein aggregation and are therefore likely to provide a link between protein aggregation and oxidative damage. This work reports on iron binding to amyloid- beta peptide (Abeta1-40), which affords a very specific electrospray ionization mass spectrometric (MS) spectrum. Both MS and MS/MS study confirmed that amyloid-beta peptide displays a high affinity toward iron(III) ions, producing multi charged molecular ions and peptide aggregates. Finally, the circular dichroism spectra indicate an unexpected modification of Abeta1-40 peptide conformation upon iron binding.
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