Protein: Prion and prion protein<\/p>\n
PDB ID#: 1dwy and 1tpx<\/p>\n
Is Betsy feeling a bit mooooody?\u00a0 Perhaps she’s come down with a case of mad cow disease!\u00a0 Also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, mad cow disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle.\u00a0 Infected cattle show behavioral changes, have difficulty standing and walking, and will lose weight without losing appetite.\u00a0 By a process not completely understood, normal prion proteins, shown in yellow alpha helices and pink beta sheets, transform into abnormal prions.\u00a0 These prions, represented by orange alpha helices and numerous red beta sheets, aggregate and give brain tissue its spongy appearance.\u00a0 The bipolarity between a mad cow and a happy one couldn’t be more obvious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Protein: Prion and prion protein PDB ID#: 1dwy and 1tpx Is Betsy feeling a bit mooooody?\u00a0 Perhaps she’s come down with a case of mad cow disease!\u00a0 Also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, mad cow disease is a fatal neurodegenerative … Continue reading