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The Pathogenic A116V Mutation Enhances Ion-Selective Channel Formation by Prion Protein in Membranes.
Biophysical journal - 26 Apr 2016
Sabareesan Ambadi Thody, Singh Jogender, Roy Samrat, Udgaonkar Jayant B, Mathew M K
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders that afflict mammals. Misfolded and aggregated forms of the prion protein (PrP(Sc)) have been associated with many prion diseases. A transmembrane form of PrP favored by the pathogenic mutation A116V is associated with Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome, but no accumulation of PrP(Sc) is detected. However, the role of the transmembrane form of...
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