An amyloid-like fibril-forming supramolecular cross-β-structure of a model peptide: a crystallographic insight.

نویسندگان

  • Sibaprasad Maity
  • Pankaj Kumar
  • Debasish Haldar
چکیده

The peptide Boc-Val-Phe-OMe 1 bearing sequence similarity with the central hydrophobic cluster (CHC) of Alzheimer's Aβ(18-19) peptide self-assembles to produce amyloid-like straight unbranched fibrils as examined by atomic force microscopy and Congo red assay. Single crystal X-ray diffraction offers the atomic level structure of the supramolecular parallel β-sheet aggregation and antiparallel separation between layers (cross-β-structure).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Organic & biomolecular chemistry

دوره 9 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011