| Literature DB >> 27317951 |
Kalkena Sivanesam1, Irene Shu1, Kelly N L Huggins1, Marianna Tatarek-Nossol2, Aphrodite Kapurniotu3, Niels H Andersen1.
Abstract
Versions of a previously discovered β-hairpin peptide inhibitor of IAPP aggregation that are stabilized in that conformation, or even forced to remain in the hairpin conformation by a backbone cyclization constraint, display superior activity as inhibitors. The cyclized hairpin, cyclo-WW2, displays inhibitory activity at substoichiometric concentrations relative to this amyloidogenic peptide. The hairpin-binding hypothesis stands confirmed.Entities:
Keywords: amyloid fibril formation; circular dichroism; cyclic β-hairpins; cytotoxicity inhibition; human pancreatic amylin; thioflavin T fluorescence; type II diabetes
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27317951 PMCID: PMC4992449 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12261
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124