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Structural and fluctuational difference between two ends of Aβ amyloid fibril: MD simulations predict only one end has open conformations

Aβ amyloid fibrils, which are related to Alzheimer’s disease, have a cross-β structure consisting of two β-sheets: β1 and β2. The Aβ peptides are thought to be serially arranged in the same molecular conformation along the fibril axis. However, to understand the amyloid extension mechanism, we must...

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Autores principales: Okumura, Hisashi, Itoh, Satoru G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5146922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27934893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38422