The fluorescent amino acid p-cyanophenylalanine provides an intrinsic probe of amyloid formation

Chembiochem. 2008 Jun 16;9(9):1372-4. doi: 10.1002/cbic.200800052.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Alanine / analysis
  • Alanine / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amyloid / chemistry*
  • Amyloid / genetics
  • Amyloid / metabolism*
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / metabolism
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Islet Amyloid Polypeptide
  • Kinetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nitriles / analysis*
  • Nitriles / metabolism
  • Phenylalanine / analysis*
  • Phenylalanine / metabolism
  • Point Mutation
  • Protein Binding
  • Thiazoles / metabolism
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Amyloid
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Islet Amyloid Polypeptide
  • Nitriles
  • Thiazoles
  • p-cyanophenylalanine
  • thioflavin T
  • Phenylalanine
  • Alanine