Lipid packing defects are necessary and sufficient for membrane binding of α-synuclein

Abstract α-Synuclein (αSyn), an intrinsically disordered protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease, is thought to initiate aggregation by binding to cellular membranes. Previous studies suggest that anionic lipids are necessary for this binding. However, these studies largely focused on unmodified α...

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Main Authors: David H. Johnson, Orianna H. Kou, John M. White, Stephanie Y. Ramirez, Antonis Margaritakis, Peter J. Chung, Vance W. Jaeger, Wade F. Zeno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08622-7
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