The peptide hormone glucagon forms amyloid fibrils with two coexisting β-strand conformations
Glucagon and insulin maintain blood glucose homeostasis and are used to treat hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, respectively, in patients with diabetes. Whereas insulin is stable for weeks in its solution formulation, glucagon fibrillizes rapidly at the acidic pH required for solubility and is therefo...
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC,
2020-05-21T17:45:09Z.
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