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SUBMITTER: Roseman GP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7442283 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roseman Graham P GP Wu Bei B Wadolkowski Mark A MA Harris David A DA Millhauser Glenn L GL
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20200508 6
The conserved central region (CR) of PrP<sup>C</sup> has been hypothesized to serve as a passive linker connecting the protein's toxic N-terminal and globular C-terminal domains. Yet, deletion of the CR causes neonatal fatality in mice, implying the CR possesses a protective function. The CR encompasses the regulatory α-cleavage locus, and additionally facilitates a regulatory metal ion-promoted interaction between the PrP<sup>C</sup> N- and C-terminal domains. To elucidate the role of the CR an ...[more]