Cellular Prion Protein Conformational Shift after Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Regulated by a Polymeric Antagonist and Mutations
Liu Y, Tuttle M, Kostylev M, Roseman G, Zilm K, Strittmatter S. Cellular Prion Protein Conformational Shift after Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Regulated by a Polymeric Antagonist and Mutations. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2024, 146: 27903-27914. PMID: 39326869, PMCID: PMC11469297, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c10590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiquid-liquid phase separationCellular prion proteinAssociated with neurodegenerative diseasesAmyloid-bMaturation processDisordered proteinsPrion proteinConformational shiftProtein conformationConformational changesNeurodegenerative diseasesInduction conditionsConformational statesProteinPrPMutationsPhase separationSaturating concentrationsMolecular motionSolid-like stateMaturationDisease-related cognitive deficitsNeurodegenerationInductionAlzheimer