Items for "corpora amylacea"

The polysaccharide scaffold of PrP 27-30 is a common compound of natural prions and consists of ?-linked polyglucose

An inert polysaccharide scaffold identified as a 5–15% component of prion rods (PrP 27–30) is unambiguously distinguishable from the N-glycosyl groups and the GPI anchor of PrP, and consists predominantly of 1,4-linked glucose with some branching via 1,4,6-linked glucose...

Keywords: amyloid, corpora amylacea, glycogen, prion, scrapie, V-helix