Oxidation of Helix-3 methionines precedes the formation of PK resistant PrP.
While elucidating the peculiar epitope of the alpha-PrP mAb IPC2, we found that PrPSc exhibits the sulfoxidation of residue M213 as a covalent signature. Subsequent computational analysis predicted that the presence of sulfoxide groups at both Met residues 206 and 213 destabilize the alpha-fold, sug...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2895666?pdf=render |