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Contact: Elizabeth K. Gardner
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Purdue University
Caption: Shown is an image of the X-ray crystal structure of the molecule bound to memapsin 2, the enzyme responsible for amyloid plaque deposits in the human brain. The bond disables the enzyme and prevents the plaques that cause Alzheimer's disease.
Credit: Ghosh laboratories image
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