Metabolism of minor isoforms of prion proteins Cytosolic prion protein and transmembrane prion protein

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摘要 Transmissiblespongiformencephalopathyorpriondiseaseistriggeredbytheconversionfromcellularprionproteintopathogenicprionprotein.Growingevidencehasconcentratedonprionproteinconfigurationchangesandtheircorrelationwithpriondiseasetransmissibilityandpathogenicity.Invivoandinvitrostudieshaveshownthatseveralcytosolicformsofprionproteinwithspecifictopologicalstructurecandestroyintracellularstabilityandcontributetoprionproteinpathogenicity.Inthisstudy,thelatestmolecularchaperonesystemassociatedwithendoplasmicreticulum-associatedproteindegradation,theendoplasmicreticulumresidentproteinquality-controlsystemandtheubiquitinationproteasomesystem,isoutlined.Themolecularchaperonesystemdirectlycorrelateswiththeprionproteindegradationpathway.Understandingthemolecularmechanismswillhelpprovideafascinatingavenueforfurtherinvestigationsonpriondiseasetreatmentandprionprotein-inducedneurodegenerativediseases.
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出版日期 2013年12月22日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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