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Expression of the Prion Protein Family Member Shadoo Causes Drug Hypersensitivity That Is Diminished by the Coexpression of the Wild Type Prion Protein.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Feb 2016
Nyeste Antal, Bencsura Petra, Vida István, Hegyi Zoltán, Homolya László, Fodor Elfrieda, Welker Ervin
Abstract excerpt
The prion protein (PrP) seems to exert both neuroprotective and neurotoxic activities. The toxic activities are associated with the C-terminal globular parts in the absence of the flexible N terminus, specifically the hydrophobic domain (HD) or the central region (CR). The wild type prion protein (PrP-WT), having an intact flexible part, exhibits neuroprotective qualities by virtue of diminishing many of the...
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