Oligomerization of Peptides LVEALYL and RGFFYT and Their Binding Affinity to Insulin.

Recently it has been proposed a model for fibrils of human insulin in which the fibril growth proceeds via stacking LVEALYL (fragment 11-17 from chain B of insulin) into pairs of tightly interdigitated [Formula: see text]-sheets. The experiments have also shown that LVEALYL has high propensity to se...

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Main Authors: Hsin-Lin Chiang, Son Tung Ngo, Chun-Jung Chen, Chin-Kun Hu, Mai Suan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3689759?pdf=render