Mouse PrP

There is a core of 2 long helices in a hairpin. Two short β-strands are antiparallel, and are connected by a short helix. This region seems to undergo conformational changes when the PrP aggregates, in its pathological form.


Riek, R., Hornemann, S., Wider, G., Billeter, M., Glockshuber, R., Wuthrich, K.
NMR structure of the mouse prion protein domain PrP(121-231).
Nature 382 pp. 180 (1996)(PubMed)

1ag2 (PDB)