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Mutational analysis of preamyloid intermediates: the role of his-tyr interactions in islet amyloid formation.
Biophysical journal - 1 Apr 2014
Tu Ling-Hsien, Serrano Arnaldo L, Zanni Martin T, Raleigh Daniel P
Abstract excerpt
Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP or Amylin) is a 37-residue, C-terminally amidated pancreatic hormone, cosecreted with insulin that forms islet amyloid in type 2 diabetes. Islet amyloid formation is complex and characterizing preamyloid oligomers is an important topic because oligomeric intermediates are postulated to be the most toxic species produced during fibril formation. A range of competing models for early...
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