Review Article

Formation of Toxic Amyloid Fibrils by Amyloid β-Protein on Ganglioside Clusters

Table 1

Parameters for the binding of DAC-Aβs to GM1/cholesterol/SM (1 : 1 : 1) LUVs at 37°C.

AβK (106 M-1)a   b(Aβ/GM1, mol/mol)Ref.

DAC-Aβ-(1–42)11.1 ± 2.40.0361 ± 0.0021[17]
DAC-Aβ-(1–40)8.6 ± 3.60.0313 ± 0.0041[16]
DAC-Aβ-(1–28)0.0184 ± 0.00070.0313c[16]

aBinding constant
bMaximal value of x (bound Aβ per exofacial GM1, mol/mol)
cAssumed to be the same as that of DAC-Aβ-(1–40).