Endoproteolyticcleavageasamolecularswitchregulatinganddiversifyingprionproteinfunction
NeuralRegenerationResearch
頁(yè)數(shù): 2 2016-02-15
摘要: Theprionprotein(PrP),throughmisfolding,iswidelyknownforitscausativeroleinpriondiseases,whicharetransmissibleneurodegenerativediseasesofhumansandanimals.ThereisstillnodefinedfunctionassignedtoPrP,especiallyinthecentralnervoussystem,despitemanystudiesinthisarea.Proposedfunctionsareproteanandincludesignaltransduction,neuroprotection,neurogenesis,neuritogenesis,metal-ionhomeostasis,memoryformationandconsolidation,aswellascircadianrhythms(Nicolasetal.,2009).Partof (共2頁(yè))