They cause a disease that was distributed via cannibalism among the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea, called kuru, as well as Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseas and mad cow disease.
Models for the action of these proteins include the cooperative autocatalysis model and the heterodimer model. Examples of them in yeast include Mod5, which promotes drug resistance, as well as URE3 and PSI. They are produced by the abnormal Sc version of PrP. Stanley Prusiner received the Nobel Prize for discovering how these objects propagate. They cause a disease that was distributed via cannibalism among the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea, called kuru, as well as Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseas and mad cow disease. For 10 points, name these misfolded proteins that cause correctly-folded proteins to become similarly misfolded when they enter the body.
Models for the action of these proteins include the cooperative autocatalysis model and the heterodimer model.
prions