Au Binding Affinity Correlates Inversely with EAE Induction
Peptide
.
Sequence
.
Relative binding affinity for Au
.
Incidence of EAE
.
%
4Lys
AcASQKRPSQR
<0.00001
60
4Ala
AcASQARPSQR
0.01
10
4Val
AcASQVRPSQR
0.2
0
4Tyr
AcASQYRPSQR
1
0
Peptide
.
Sequence
.
Relative binding affinity for Au
.
Incidence of EAE
.
%
4Lys
AcASQKRPSQR
<0.00001
60
4Ala
AcASQARPSQR
0.01
10
4Val
AcASQVRPSQR
0.2
0
4Tyr
AcASQYRPSQR
1
0
Binding affinities of peptides for Au were assessed as described previously (reference 24). Incidence of EAE represents cumulative data from experiments shown in Fig. 1D and Fig. E.