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. 2016 Sep;6(9):a024273. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a024273

Table 1.

Structural and biochemical differences between normal and abnormal α-synuclein in the human brain

State Structure Solubility Reactions to antibodies
PS129 Anti-Ub Anti-p62
Healthy (normal) Unstructured, long-range interactions, ThioS (−) Buffer-soluble P129 (−) Ub (−) p62 (−)
Disease (abnormal) Filamentous/fibrous, cross-β, ThioS (+) Sarkosyl-insoluble P129 (+) Ub (+) p62 (+)