Ionic self-complementarity induces amyloid-like fibril formation in an isolated domain of a plant copper metallochaperone protein

Table 1 Amino acid sequences of synthetic peptide-1 and analogues

Peptide	Sequence	Mw (Da)	Altered electrophoretic mobility^a
1	Ac-YKTEAETKTEAKVDAKADVE-NH₂	2267	YES
1 ₂₂	Ac-YKTEAETKTEAAA KVDAKADVE-NH₂	2410	YES
1 ₁₈	Ac-YEAETKTEAKVDAKADVE-NH₂	2038	YES
1 ₁₄	Ac-YKTEAKVDAKADVE-NH₂	1608	YES
1 ₁₀	Ac-YKVDAKADVE-NH₂	1178	NON

^a. Analysed by means of Tris-tricine electrophoresis (see Material and Methods section). Altered electrophoretic mobility means that the observed electrophoretic mobility is decreased when compared to the expected from the theoretical molecular weight.

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