N-terminal Domains Elicit Formation of Functional Pmel17 Amyloid Fibrils*
Watt B, van Niel G, Fowler DM, Hurbain I, Luk KC, Stayrook SE, Lemmon MA, Raposo G, Shorter J, Kelly JW, Marks MS. N-terminal Domains Elicit Formation of Functional Pmel17 Amyloid Fibrils*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2009, 284: 35543-35555. PMID: 19840945, PMCID: PMC2790984, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.047449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFibril formationFormation of melanosomesMultivesicular compartmentsImperfect repeatsRPT domainTransmembrane proteinMelanosome maturationTerminal domainIntracellular traffickingMultivesicular bodiesAmyloid foldPrecursor organellesAmyloid-like fibrilsDownstream domainSubcellular organellesAmyloid conversionRegulatory rolePmel17RepeatsEarly stepsStructural coreAmyloid formationProteolytic fragmentsRecombinant fragmentsOrganelles