(Glu20)-Amyloid β-Protein (1-42)

(Glu20)-Amyloid β-Protein (1-42) is a slower fibrillizing variant of amyloid β-protein (Aβ). The Glu20 mutation reduces the aggregation propensity of Aβ42 and prevents accumulation of the slowly fibrillizing peptide. Amyloid β-protein is the primary component of both vascular and parenchymal amyloid deposits in Alzheimer's disease[1][2].

Research Areas >> Neurological Disease

[1]. Poduslo JF, et al. Receptor-mediated transport of human amyloid beta-protein 1-40 and 1-42 at the blood-brain barrier. Neurobiol Dis. 1999 Jun;6(3):190-9.  

[2]. Williams TL, et al. The effect of Alzheimer's Aβ aggregation state on the permeation of biomimetic lipid vesicles. Langmuir. 2010 Nov 16;26(22):17260-8.