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Shortest Known Prion Protein Allele in Highly BSE-Susceptible Lemurs

  • S. Gilch , C. Spielhaupter and H.M. Schätzl
Published/Copyright: July 5, 2005
Biological Chemistry
From the journal Volume 381 Issue 5-6

Abstract

We describe the shortest prion protein allele known to date. Surprisingly, it is found as a polymorphism exactly in a species (prosimian lemurs) which seems highly susceptible to oral infection with BSEderived prions. The truncation of the prion protein we found raises several questions. First, is the truncated octarepeat structure we describe, consisting of two octarepeats, still functional in copper binding? A second question is whether this truncation is related to the remarkable oral infectibility of lemurs with BSEderived prions. And finally, one could argue that this genotype alone might favour development of a prion disease, even in the absence of exogenous infection.

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Published Online: 2005-07-05
Published in Print: 2000-06-21

Copyright © 2000 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG

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https://doi.org/10.1515/BC.2000.067

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  2. Signal Transduction and Post-Transcriptional Gene Expression
  3. Regulation of GTPases in the Bacterial Translation Machinery
  4. GTPase Mechanisms and Functions of Translation Factors on the Ribosome
  5. The Role of Heterotrimeric G Proteins in Platelet Activation
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  8. Rho GTPases as Targets of Bacterial Protein Toxins
  9. A Conserved Gβ Binding (GBB) Sequence Motif in Ste20p/PAK Family Protein Kinases
  10. Identification of a CpG Island in the Human LRP-2 Gene and Analysis of Its Methylation Status in Parathyroid Adenomas
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  12. Adenine Nucleotide N-Glycosidase Activity of the A-Chain of Cinnamomin Characterized by 1H-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  13. Msb4p, a Protein Involved in Cdc42p-Dependent Organization of the Actin Cytoskeleton, Is a Ypt/Rab-Specific GAP
  14. Muscle Phosphorylase Kinase Is Not a Substrate of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
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