| Literature DB >> 21060917 |
Jason Shearer1, Paige E Callan, Thao Tran, Veronika A Szalai.
Abstract
The fatal neurological disorder Alzheimer's disease has been linked to soluble neurotoxic oligomers of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides. Herein we demonstrate that Cu(1+) ligated within Aβ(42) oligomers (Aβ sequence: DAEFRHDSGYEVHHQKLVFFAEDVGSNKGAIIGLMVGGVVIA) possesses a highly dioxygen sensitive tetrahedral coordination geometry. The biological implications of these findings are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21060917 PMCID: PMC3082590 DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02446e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222