Publications of C. W. Bertoncini

Binolfi, A.; Lamberto, G. R.; Duran, R.; Quintanar, L.; Bertoncini, C. W.; Souza, J. M.; Cervenansky, C.; Zweckstetter, M.; Griesinger, C.; Fernandez, C. O.: Site-specific interactions of Cu(II) with α and β-synuclein: bridging the molecular gap between metal binding and aggregation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (35), pp. 11801 - 11812 (2008)

Palecek, E.; Ostatna, V.; Masarík, M.; Bertoncini, C. W.; Jovin, T. M.: Changes in interfacial properties of -synuclein preceding its aggregation. The Analyst 133 (1), pp. 76 - 84 (2008)

Bertoncini, C. W.; Rasia, R. M.; Lamberto, G. R.; Binolfi, A.; Zweckstetter, M.; Griesinger, C.; Fernandez, C. O.: Structural characterization of the intrinsically unfolded protein beta-synuclein, a natural negative regulator of alpha-synuclein aggregation. Journal of Molecular Biology 372 (3), pp. 708 - 722 (2007)

Roberti, M. J.; Bertoncini, C. W.; Klement, R.; Jares-Erijman, E. A.; Jovin, T. M.: Fluorescence imaging of amyloid formation in living cells by a functional, tetracysteine-tagged alpha-synuclein. Nature Methods 4 (4), pp. 345 - 351 (2007)

Binolfi, A.; Rasia, R. M.; Bertoncini, C. W.; Ceolin, M.; Zweckstetter, M.; Griesinger, C.; Jovin, T. M.; Fernandez, C. O.: Interaction of alpha-synuclein with divalent metal ions reveals key differences: A link between structure, binding specificity and fibrillation enhancement. Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (30), pp. 9893 - 9901 (2006)

Bertoncini, C. W.; Fernandez, C. O.; Griesinger, C.; Jovin, T. M.; Zweckstetter, M.: Familial mutants of α-synuclein with increased neurotoxicity have a destabilized conformation. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280, pp. 30649 - 30652 (2005)

Rasia, R. M.; Bertoncini, C. W.; Marsh, D.; Hoyer, W.; Cherny, D. I.; Zweckstetter, M.; Griesinger, C.; Jovin, T. M.; Fernandez, C. O.: Structural characterization of copper(II) binding to α-Synuclein: Insights into the bioinorganic chemistry of Parkinson's disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102, 10.1073/pnas.0407881102, pp. 4294 - 4299 (2005)

Bertoncini, C. W.; Jung, Y. S.; Fernandez, C. O.; Hoyer, W.; Griesinger, C.; Jovin, T. M.; Zweckstetter, M.: Release of long-range tertiary interactions potentiates aggregation of natively unstructured α-synuclein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (5), pp. 1430 - 1435 (2005)

Bertoncini, C. W.; Cherny, D. I.; Fernandez, C. O.; Garfinkel, E.; Griesinger, C.; Hoyer, W.; Jares-Erijman, E. A.; Jovin, T. M.; Marsh, D.; Rasia, R. M. et al.; Roberti, M. J.; Subramaniam, V.; Zweckstetter, M.: 3D structure, ligand binding, autoinhibition, aggregation, and cellular distribution of wild-type, mutant, and labeled alpha-synuclein. Biophysical Journal 88 (1), p. 396A - 396A (2005)

Bertoncini, C. W.: Structure and dynamics of the aggregation mechanism of the Parkinson´s disease-associated protein alpha-syneclein. Dissertation, Georg-August-Unviersität, Göttingen, Germany (2006)