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@ARTICLE{Kornreich:126901,
author = {M. Kornreich and E. Malka-Gibor and A. Laser-Azogui and O.
Doron and H. Herrmann$^*$ and R. Beck},
title = {{C}omposite bottlebrush mechanics: α-internexin fine-tunes
neurofilament network properties.},
journal = {Soft matter},
volume = {11},
number = {29},
issn = {1744-6848},
address = {London},
publisher = {Royal Soc. of Chemistry},
reportid = {DKFZ-2017-02929},
pages = {5839 - 5849},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Neuronal cytoplasmic intermediate filaments are principal
structural and mechanical elements of the axon. Their
expression during embryonic development follows a
differential pattern, while their unregulated expression is
correlated to neurodegenerative diseases. The largest
neurofilament proteins of medium (NF-M) and high molecular
weight (NF-H) were shown to modulate the axonal architecture
and inter-filament spacing. However, the individual roles of
the remaining α-internexin (α-Inx) and neurofilament of
low molecular weight (NF-L) proteins in composite filaments
remained elusive. In contrast to previous predictions, we
show that when co-assembled with NF-M, the shortest and the
least charged α-Inx protein increases inter-filament
spacing. These findings suggest a novel structural
explanation for the expression pattern of neurofilament
proteins during embryonic development. We explain our
results by an analysis of ionic cross-links between the
disordered polyampholytic C-terminal tails and suggest that
a collapsed conformation of the α-Inx tail domain
interferes with tail cross-linking near the filament
backbone.},
keywords = {Intermediate Filament Proteins (NLM Chemicals) /
Neurofilament Proteins (NLM Chemicals) / Recombinant
Proteins (NLM Chemicals) / alpha-internexin (NLM Chemicals)
/ Hydrogel (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {B065},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)B065-20160331},
pnm = {312 - Functional and structural genomics (POF3-312)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-312},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:26100609},
doi = {10.1039/C5SM00662G},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/126901},
}