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Comparing the folding free-energy landscapes of Abeta42 variants with different aggregation properties.
Proteins - 1 Sept 2010
Mitternacht Simon, Staneva Iskra, Härd Torleif, Irbäck Anders
Abstract excerpt
The properties of the amyloid-beta peptide that lead to aggregation associated with Alzheimer's disease are not fully understood. This study aims at identifying conformational differences among four variants of full-length Abeta42 that are known to display very different aggregation properties. By extensive all-atom Monte Carlo simulations, we find that a variety of beta-sheet structures with distinct turns are...
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