A melting curve analysis is performed for a nucleic acid containing a
mutation in a nucleotide sequence resulting in a mutation replacing
serine at position 20 in an amino acid sequence of the pancreatic islet
amyloid polypeptide with glycine (IAPP S20G), by using a nucleic acid
probe of which end is labeled with a fluorescent dye, and in which
fluorescence of the fluorescent dye decreases upon hybridization, wherein
the nucleic acid probe has a nucleotide sequence complementary to a
nucleotide sequence ending at the nucleotide number 247 in the nucleotide
sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and having a length of 13 to 30 nucleotides, and
the 5' end of the probe is labeled with the fluorescent dye, and
measuring fluorescence of the fluorescent dye, and the mutation is
detected on the basis of the result of the melting curve analysis.