An isopeptide of amyloid β peptide 1-42 (isoAβ42) was considered as a non-aggregative precursor molecule for the highly aggregative Aβ42. It has been applied to biological studies after several pretreatments. Here we report that isoAβ42 is monomeric with a random coil structure at 40 μM without any pretreatment. But we also found that isoAβ42 retains a slight aggregative nature, which is significantly weaker than that of the native Aβ42.
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