Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2829061 | Journal of Structural Biology | 2009 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We demonstrate in this work that scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) provides a useful approach to obtaining structural information about human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) and rat islet amyloid polypeptide (rIAPP) assembly on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) with sub-molecular resolution. The observed hIAPP and rIAPP lamellae consisted of parallel stripes. The STM images of hIAPPs show multiple molecular folding structures, with an average of 11 amino acid residues for the core regions. In addition, the STM images also reveal the assembly characteristics of rIAPP lamellae and may indicate a secondary structural conformation from random coil to beta-sheet-like on the graphite surface.
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Authors
Xiaobo Mao, Xiaojing Ma, Lei Liu, Lin Niu, Yanlian Yang, Chen Wang,