conformational exposure

A technique of identification of abnormal proteins in which conformational epitopes that become exposed when a protein is misfolded are identified. The most impressive recent use of this technique was revealed in late 2003 when a method of detecting the protease-resistant prion protein PrP^Sc was published. Researchers found three amino acid residues, Arg-Arg-Tyr, that occurred twice in this protein. Rabbits were immunized with peptides based on this motif and were used to generate a polyclonal antibody that was able to identify PrP^Sc, in vitro, from cows, sheep and humans.

单词	conformational exposure
释义	conformational exposure conformational exposure A technique of identification of abnormal proteins in which conformational epitopes that become exposed when a protein is misfolded are identified. The most impressive recent use of this technique was revealed in late 2003 when a method of detecting the protease-resistant prion protein PrP^Sc was published. Researchers found three amino acid residues, Arg-Arg-Tyr, that occurred twice in this protein. Rabbits were immunized with peptides based on this motif and were used to generate a polyclonal antibody that was able to identify PrP^Sc, in vitro, from cows, sheep and humans.
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