The peptide hormone glucagon forms amyloid fibrils with two coexisting β-strand conformations

Glucagon and insulin maintain blood glucose homeostasis and are used to treat hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, respectively, in patients with diabetes. Whereas insulin is stable for weeks in its solution formulation, glucagon fibrillizes rapidly at the acidic pH required for solubility and is therefo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gelenter, Martin David, Liao, Shu-Yu, Mandala, Venkata Shiva, Dregni, Aurelio J., Hong, Mei
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125383