Protein misfolding can cause fatal diseases. An example is

Last updated: 7/9/2022

Protein misfolding can cause fatal diseases. An example is the misfolded proteins called prions. Prions can cause neurode generative diseases in both humans and animals by 1. forming an infectious viral particle and spreading from cell to cell 2. None of the answer is correct 3. converting non-living virons into living virions that can spread from cell to cell 4. converting other structurally normal proteins to misfold proteins, which spread rapidly from cell to cell