Acidic pH retards the fibrillization of human islet amyloid polypeptide due to electrostatic repulsion of histidines

The human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (hIAPP) is the major constituent of amyloid deposits in pancreatic islets of type-II diabetes. IAPP is secreted together with insulin from the acidic secretory granules at a low pH of approximately 5.5 to the extracellular environment at a neutral pH. The increase...

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Main Authors: Li, Yang, Xu, Weixin, Mu, Yuguang, Zhang, John Z. H.
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98369
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13354

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