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PDB structures (coordinates are public domain per wwPDB policy)

File Structure Deposition authors Paper
1XQ8.pdb Human α-synuclein, micelle-bound (NMR) Ulmer TS, Bax A, Cole NB, Nussbaum RL Ulmer TS et al. "Structure and dynamics of micelle-bound human α-synuclein." J Biol Chem. 2005;280:9595–9603
6A6B.pdb α-synuclein fibril (cryo-EM) Guerrero-Ferreira R, Taylor NM, Mona D, Ringler P, Lauer ME, Riek R, Britschgi M, Stahlberg H Guerrero-Ferreira R et al. "Cryo-EM structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils." eLife. 2018;7:e36402

Published figures (kept)

File What it shows Source DOI License Attribution line on graphic
lewy-fig3.png (panels E, G crops) α-synuclein immunohistochemistry: Lewy bodies (E) and Lewy neurites (G) in human brain Mol Neurodegener. 2025 doi:10.1186/s13024-025-00900-6 CC BY 4.0 "Mol Neurodegener (2025), CC BY 4.0"
asyn-tem-fig1.jpg (Fig 1D 30h crop) Transmission electron microscopy of α-synuclein fibrils at 30 h Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020 doi:10.3389/fcell.2020.00726 CC BY 4.0 "Front Cell Dev Biol (2020), CC BY 4.0"

Rejected candidates

Candidate Why rejected
Stock "neuron damage" illustrations Not real data; rejected
Non-open review figures of Lewy pathology License not open; rejected