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Conformational dynamics of amyloid beta-protein assembly probed using intrinsic fluorescence.
Biochemistry - 11 Oct 2005
Maji Samir K, Amsden Jason J, Rothschild Kenneth J, Condron Margaret M, Teplow David B
Abstract excerpt
Formation of toxic oligomeric and fibrillar structures by the amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) is linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD). To facilitate the targeting and design of assembly inhibitors, intrinsic fluorescence was used to probe assembly-dependent changes in Abeta conformation. To do so, Tyr was substituted in Abeta40 or Abeta42 at position 1, 10 (wild type), 20, 30, 40, or 42. Fluorescence then was...
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