Stabilization of a beta-hairpin in monomeric Alzheimer's amyloid-beta peptide inhibits amyloid formation.
Hoyer, W., Gronwall, C., Jonsson, A., Stahl, S., Hard, T.(2008) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105: 5099-5104
- PubMed: 18375754 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711731105
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2OTK - PubMed Abstract: 
According to the amyloid hypothesis, the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease is triggered by the oligomerization and aggregation of the amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide into protein plaques. Formation of the potentially toxic oligomeric and fibrillar Abeta assemblies is accompanied by a conformational change toward a high content of beta-structure ...