Identification of transmissible proteotoxic oligomer-like fibrils that expand conformational diversity of amyloid assemblies

Nguyen et al identified cytotoxic amyloid fibrils with oligomer-like characteristics, which were assembled from an islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) derivative containing an Asn-to-Gln substitution (N21Q). They presented evidence to show that these stable fibrils expand the conformational diversity o...

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Main Authors: Phuong Trang Nguyen, Ximena Zottig, Mathew Sebastiao, Alexandre A. Arnold, Isabelle Marcotte, Steve Bourgault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02466-7