Part:BBa_K4165192
Amyloid beta peptide 12 (Aβ 29-42)
This part encodes a part of the Amyloid 𝛽 fragment (29-42) which has the ability to bind to A𝛽 plaques inside the brain.
Usage and Biology
Segments of amyloid beta fibrils are widely used as a recognition sequence for amyloid beta plaques inside the brain, this is due to the homotypic interactions in the C-terminus of fibrils. This peptide starts from amino acid 32 to 42 of the fibril.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
Dry Lab Characterization
Modeling
The peptide was modeled by several software (Alphafold-Apptest-Pepfold) and the best model from Apptest scored 1 out of 6 according to our Quality assessment code.
Figure 1.: Amyloid-beta (29-42) top model visualized by Pymol.
References
Zhao, Y., Cai, J., Liu, Z., Li, Y., Zheng, C., Zheng, Y., ... & Liu, Y. (2018). Nanocomposites inhibit the formation, mitigate the neurotoxicity, and facilitate the removal of β-amyloid aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease mice. Nano letters, 19(2), 674-683.
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