Prion-derived tetrapeptide stabilizes thermolabile insulin via conformational trapping
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Conformational conversion of prion protein in prion diseases.
Prion diseases are a group of infectious fatal neurodegenerative diseases. The conformational conversion of a cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) into an abnormal misfolded isoform (PrP(Sc)) is the key event in prion diseases pathology. Under normal conditions, the high-energy barrier separates PrP(C) from PrP(Sc) isoform. However, pathogenic mutations, modifications as well as some cofactors, such...
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عنوان ژورنال: iScience
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102573