Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10870956 FEBS Letters 2013 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Calcitonin is a 32-residue hormone, involved in calcium metabolism in bones. ► Human calcitonin (hCT) self-assembles forming amyloid fibrils. ► A novel hexapeptide of hCT was predicted as a possible 'aggregation-prone' peptide. ► Biophysical experiments show that this hexapeptide forms amyloid-like fibrils. ► Fibrillogenesis is mediated via nuclei of liquid crystalline nature (spherulites).
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