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. 2019 Feb 25;9:2689. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-38749-7

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Model for the membrane pore formed by the Aβ25–35 peptide, as viewed along the pore central axis (top view). The pore complex is a hexamer of 6-stranded β-barrel-like structures. The barrel structure is constructed based on the backbone structure of αB crystallin residues 90–100 (PDB entry 3sgn)86, side chains replaced with those of Aβ25–35. Each barrel is turned about its cylindrical axes by 60 degrees relative to its neighbors. The diameter of the central ion-conducting cavity is around 13Å, as shown.