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SUBMITTER: Soriaga AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4936935 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Soriaga Angela B AB Sangwan Smriti S Macdonald Ramsay R Sawaya Michael R MR Eisenberg David D
The journal of physical chemistry. B 20160111 26
Structural studies of amyloidogenic segments by X-ray crystallography have revealed a novel packing motif, consisting of out-of-register β sheets, which may constitute one of the toxic species in aggregation related diseases. Here we sought to determine the presence of such a motif in islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), whose amyloidogenic properties are associated with type 2 diabetes. We determined four new crystal structures of segments within IAPP, all forming steric zippers. Most interestingl ...[more]