amyloid beta (abeta) peptide. major component of plaques found in alzheimer\'s disease. 3d rendering based on protein data bank

beta amlyoid abeta alzheimer alzheimers disease precursor neuritic plaque aggregated aggregation protein helix helical app neurotoxic pdb1iyt brain deposit fiber fold folding misfolding oligomer bsecretase betasecretase gsecretase gammasecretase structure peptide amino acid molecule polypeptide polymer atoms science scientific health molecular model 3d rendering illustration ball stick black background sphere ballandstick