| Literature DB >> 22241279 |
Dmitry Kurouski1, Rina K Dukor, Xuefang Lu, Laurence A Nafie, Igor K Lednev.
Abstract
Amyloid fibrils are associated with many neurodegenerative diseases and are considered to be the energetically most favorable form of proteins. Here we report that a small pH change initiates spontaneous transformation of insulin fibrils from one polymorph to another. As a result, fibril supramolecular chirality overturns both accompanying morphological and structural changes.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22241279 PMCID: PMC3655902 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc16895b
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222