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PrPC proteins

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005275

Normal cellular isoform of prion proteins (prions) encoded by a chromosomal gene and found in normal and scrapie-infected brain tissue, and other normal tissue. PrPC are protease-sensitive proteins whose function is unknown. Posttranslational modification of PrPC into PrPSC leads to infectivity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005275
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2014; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPrions
TranslationsSpanish: proteínas priónicas celulares (PrPc)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005275",
  "term": "PrPC proteins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Normal cellular isoform of prion proteins (prions) encoded by a chromosomal gene and found in normal and scrapie-infected brain tissue, and other normal tissue. PrPC are protease-sensitive proteins whose function is unknown. Posttranslational modification of PrPC into PrPSC leads to infectivity.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "prions"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2014",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "proteínas priónicas celulares (PrPc)"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/prpc-proteins/"
}

Record 5,205 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.