Self-assembly of tau
induced by heparin, p-tauERK and
p-tau(S262A)RBE. (A) Time-dependent ThT fluorescence of
5 μM heparin-induced tau, 100 μM p-tauERK,
or 30 μM p-tau(S262A)RBE. (B–D) Morphological
examination by TEM at the end of the aggregation reaction (t = 100 h) of heparin-induced tau (B), p-tauERK (C) and p-tau(S262A)RBE (D). (E) Native PAGE analysis
of 10 μM each of heparin (hep)-induced tau, p-tauERK, and p-tau(S262A)RBE at t = 0, 10, or
20 h of incubation under the same conditions. For heparin-induced
tau, t = 0 is immediately after addition of heparin.
Molecular weight markers are shown on the left. The mobilities of
putative monomer (M), dimer (D), trimer (Tr), and tetramer (Te) are
indicated on the right.