Positive evolutionary selection of an HD motif on Alzheimer precursor protein orthologues suggests a functional role.

HD amino acid duplex has been found in the active center of many different enzymes. The dyad plays remarkably different roles in their catalytic processes that usually involve metal coordination. An HD motif is positioned directly on the amyloid beta fragment (Aβ) and on the carboxy-terminal region...

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Main Authors: István Miklós, Zoltán Zádori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-02-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3271017?pdf=render