Conformational diversity in prion protein variants influences intermolecular beta-sheet formation.
Lee, S., Antony, L., Hartmann, R., Knaus, K.J., Surewicz, K., Surewicz, W.K., Yee, V.C.(2010) EMBO J 29: 251-262
- PubMed: 19927125 
- DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.333
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3HAF, 3HAK, 3HEQ, 3HER, 3HES, 3HJ5, 3HJX - PubMed Abstract: 
A conformational transition of normal cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) to its pathogenic form (PrP(Sc)) is believed to be a central event in the transmission of the devastating neurological diseases known as spongiform encephalopathies. The common methion ...