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Neutralizing Mutations Significantly Inhibit Amyloid Formation by Human Prion Protein and Decrease Its Cytotoxicity.
Journal of molecular biology - 14 Feb 2020
Huang Jun-Jie, Li Xiang-Ning, Liu Wan-Li, Yuan Han-Ye, Gao Yuan, Wang Kan, Tang Bo, Pang Dai-Wen, Chen Jie, Liang Yi
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, are fatal neurodegenerative diseases that affect many mammals including humans and are caused by the misfolding of prion protein (PrP). A naturally occurring protective polymorphism G127V in human PrP has recently been found to significantly attenuate prion diseases, but the mechanism has remained elusive. We herein report...
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