ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2017
Structural Biology of PrP Prions.
Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- ZNRD2 Mediated Nucleoprotein Aggregation Impairs Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Protein Fold Usages in Ribosomes: Another Glance to the Past.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Cryo-EM structures of prion protein filaments from Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease.Acta neuropathologica · 2022Article
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Abstract
Prion diseases are characterized by the deposition of amyloids, misfolded conformers of the prion protein. The misfolded conformation is self-replicating, by a mechanism solely enciphered in the conformation of the protein. Because of low solubility and heterogeneous aggregate sizes, the detailed atomic structure of the infectious isoform is still unknown. Progress has, however, been made, and has allowed insights into the structural and disease-related mechanisms of prions. Many structural models have been proposed, and a number of them support a consensus trimeric β-helical model, significantly more complex than simple amyloid models. There is evidence that such complexity may be a necessary property of prion structure. Knowledge of the structure of prions will provide a greater understanding of the protein isoform conversion mechanism, and could eventually lead to rationally designed intervention strategies.
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