Exploring structural and thermodynamic stabilities of human prion protein pathogenic mutants D202N, E211Q and Q217R.

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The central event in the pathogenesis of prion protein (PrP) is a profound conformational change from its α-helical (PrP(C)) to its β-sheet-rich isoform (PrP(Sc)). Many single amino acid mutations of PrP are associated with familial prion diseases, such as D202N, E211Q, and Q217R mutations located at the third native α-helix of human PrP. In order to explore the underlying structural and dynamic effects of these...

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