Solution Structure and Dynamics of the I214V Mutant of the Rabbit Prion Protein.
Wen, Y., Li, J., Xiong, M., Peng, Y., Yao, W., Hong, J., Lin, D.(2010) PLoS One 5: e13273-e13273
- PubMed: 20949107 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013273
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2JOM - PubMed Abstract: 
The conformational conversion of the host-derived cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) into the disease-associated scrapie isoform (PrP(Sc)) is responsible for the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Various single-point mutations in PrP(C)s could cause structural changes and thereby distinctly influence the conformational conversion. Elucidation of the differences between the wild-type rabbit PrP(C) (RaPrP(C)) and various mutants would be of great help to understand the ability of RaPrP(C) to be resistant to TSE agents.
Organizational Affiliation: 
NMR Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.