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Amyloidogenicity of p53: a hidden link between protein misfolding and cancer.
Current protein & peptide science - 1 Jan 2015
Gong Hao, Yang Xin, Zhao Yudan, Petersen Robert B, Liu Xinran, Liu Yang, Huang Kun
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic aggregation is closely associated with various protein misfolding diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease. Amyloidogenic proteins that have a propensity to assemble into amyloid oligomers and fibrils form the aggregates. The tumor suppressor p53, a transcription factor that regulates the cell cycle and apoptosis, is also amyloidogenic. In tumor models, both wild type and...
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