Chapter 3, Problem 16TYPSS

Summary Introduction

To review:

The differentiating factor between the inherited prion protein, like in the case of fatal familial insomnia and the prion protein generated via transmission from one animal to another.

Introduction:

Proteins are the functional units of life. They carry out all the functions of the cell. Translation of the mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) in the cytoplasm yields a polypeptide chain. This polypeptide chain composed of amino acid residues are folded into secondary, tertiary or quaternary structures. The correct protein folding is assisted by molecular chaperones.