Structure of the amyloid-forming peptide LYIQWL from Tc5b, grown from 30% acetonitrile
2-Gaussian fit: Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Sauter NK, Adams PD: Newsletter of the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Computing 2004, 3, 22-31.
Polymorphic amyloid nanostructures of hormone peptides involved in glucose homeostasis display reversible amyloid formation.
Peptide was dissolved in 30% acetonitrile at 0.2 mg/ml concentration and incubated at 310K
Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office
ECD measurements confirmed amyloid formation
ideal 5 residue beta strand form the software Fragon