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The human protein structure consists of a globular domain with three α-helices and a two-strand antiparallel β-sheet, an NH2-terminal tail, and a short COOH-terminal tail. | The human protein structure consists of a globular domain with three α-helices and a two-strand antiparallel β-sheet, an NH2-terminal tail, and a short COOH-terminal tail. | ||
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Kovacs, Gabor G., and Herbert Budka. “Prion Diseases: From Protein to Cell Pathology.” The American Journal of Pathology 172.3 (2008): 555–565. PMC. Web. 13 Feb. 2017. | Kovacs, Gabor G., and Herbert Budka. “Prion Diseases: From Protein to Cell Pathology.” The American Journal of Pathology 172.3 (2008): 555–565. PMC. Web. 13 Feb. 2017. | ||
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| + | Schätzl HM, Da Costa M, Taylor L, Cohen FE, Prusiner SB (January 1995). "Prion protein gene variation among primates". J. Mol. Biol. 245 (4): 362–74. | ||
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Human Prion Protein
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Function
Mammals contain cellular prion related proteins (PrPC) in their bodies and when functioning correctly are believed to assist in copper binding and signal transduction in neurons. Expression of the protein is most predominant in the nervous system but occurs in many other tissues throughout the body.
Disease
In PrPC's mutated state, the prion protein contributes to the development of amyloid disease (misfolded proteins that stick together forming fibrils). Instead of other infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, or fungi, PrP does not contain any genetic material such as DNA or RNA. Prion diseases can originate spontaneously, genetically or by infection and are comprised entirely of misfolded proteins. When a misfolded prion (PrPSc) enters a host it induces existing, properly folded PrPC’s to fold into the infectious form.
Mutated Prion proteins are associated with a variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as
The common prion disease in humans is known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Relevance
Structural Highlights
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References
An, Lu, David Fitzpatrick, and Paul M Harrison. "Emergence And Evolution Of Yeast Prion And Prion-Like Proteins." BMC Evolutionary Biology 16.(2016): 24.MEDLINE Complete. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.
Kovacs, Gabor G., and Herbert Budka. “Prion Diseases: From Protein to Cell Pathology.” The American Journal of Pathology 172.3 (2008): 555–565. PMC. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Schätzl HM, Da Costa M, Taylor L, Cohen FE, Prusiner SB (January 1995). "Prion protein gene variation among primates". J. Mol. Biol. 245 (4): 362–74.
