Amyloid peptides incorporating a core sequence from the amyloid beta peptide and gamma amino acids: relating bioactivity to self-assembly
作者:Valeria Castelletto、Ge Cheng、Ian W. Hamley
DOI:10.1039/c1cc15493a
日期:——
A series of heptapeptides comprising the core sequence Abeta(16-20), KLVFF, of the amyloid beta peptide coupled with paired N-terminal gamma-amino acids are investigated in terms of cytotoxicity reduction and binding to the full Abeta peptide, both pointing to inhibition of fibrillisation for selected compounds. This is related to the self-assembly capacity of the heptapeptides.