Proteins and their diseases Flashcards

1
Q

Amyloid beta Peptide (tau)

A

Alzheimer’s Disease (AS)

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2
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alpha - synuclein

A

Parkinson’s Disease

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3
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HD

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Huntington’s disease

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4
Q

SOD1

A

Amyotrofic lateral sclerosis

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5
Q

Tau

A

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration/ AD/ CTE

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6
Q

PrP

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BSE/CJD/Scrapie

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7
Q

who won a nobel prize for discovering prions?

A

Stanley Prusiner

1st case of infectious agent being a protein (not virus or bacteria)

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8
Q

p53 protein misfolding causes:

A

Cancer

p53 induces apoptosis

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9
Q

p53 protein is the:

A

tumor suppressor protein

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