α-Synuclein (67-78) (human)

Description:

α-synuclein (α-syn) is Parkinson's disease-associated protein. It is not only expressed in the cytoplasm of neurons, but also secreted in the extracellular space and internalized into glial cells through a lipid raft dependent process.

Sequence:

GGAVVTGVTAVA

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Name	α-Synuclein (67-78) (human)
Category	Beta-Amyloidand Related Peptides
One Letter Code	GGAVVTGVTAVA
Three Letter Code	{Gly}{Gly}{Ala}{Val}{Val}{Thr}{Gly}{Val}{Thr}{Ala}{Val}{Ala}
Molecular Weight	1001.140
Application	Alzheimer's DiseaseParkinson's Disease

Fantini, Jacques, Denis Carlus, and Nouara Yahi. "The fusogenic tilted peptide (67–78) of α-synuclein is a cholesterol binding domain." Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes 1808.10 (2011): 2343-2351.