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Amino Acid Sequence

Ac-Gly-Ser-Asn-Lys-Gly-Ala-Ile-Ile-Gly-Leu-Met

Application

Acetyl-Amyloid β 25-35 has been used to prepare rat models with Alzheimer’;s disease.

General description

Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides are a major component of the senile plaques characteristic of the Alzheimer brain. It is a type- I transmembrane protein. The amyloid β precursor protein is cleaved to amyloid peptides 36-43 amino acids in length. Aβ (25-35) represents the region that aggregates during plaque formation and is a functional domain implicated in both neurotrophic and neurotoxic effects. The gene encoding amyloid-β is localized on human chromosome 21. Acetylation may improve stability in in vitro and in vivo assays.