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Structural variation in human apolipoprotein E3 and E4: secondary structure, tertiary structure, and size distribution.
Biophysical journal - 1 Jan 2005
Chou Chi-Yuan, Lin Yi-Ling, Huang Yu-Chyi, Sheu Sheh-Yi, Lin Ta-Hsien, Tsay Huey-Jen, Chang Gu-Gang, Shiao Ming-Shi
Abstract excerpt
Human apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a 299-amino-acid protein with a molecular weight of 34 kDa. The difference between the apoE3 and apoE4 isoforms is a single residue substitution involving a Cys-Arg replacement at residue 112. ApoE4 is positively associated with atherosclerosis and late-onset and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). ApoE4 and its C-terminal truncated fragments have been found in the senile plaques...
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