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SUBMITTER: Lee S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2808380 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Seungjoo S Antony Lizamma L Hartmann Rune R Knaus Karen J KJ Surewicz Krystyna K Surewicz Witold K WK Yee Vivien C VC
The EMBO journal 20091119 1
A conformational transition of normal cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) to its pathogenic form (PrP(Sc)) is believed to be a central event in the transmission of the devastating neurological diseases known as spongiform encephalopathies. The common methionine/valine polymorphism at residue 129 in the PrP influences disease susceptibility and phenotype. We report here seven crystal structures of human PrP variants: three of wild-type (WT) PrP containing V129, and four of the familial variants D178N ...[more]