Conformational switching within dynamic oligomers underpins toxic gain-of-function by diabetes-associated amyloid

Toxic gain-of-function by islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is thought to be mediated by membrane poration. Here the authors develop diluted-FRET to show that changes in pore structure correlate with onset of toxicity inside insulin secreting cells.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Melissa Birol, Sunil Kumar, Elizabeth Rhoades, Andrew D. Miranker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03651-9