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Table 1.

Atomic structures of PrP steric zippers

Residues Sequence Zipper classa Mutation Species PDB ID Reference
113–118 AGAAAA 7 Human M Apostol, HT McFarlane, DS Eisenberg, et al., unpubl.
119–124 GAVVGG 4 Human M Apostol, HT McFarlane, DS Eisenberg, et al., unpubl.
126–131 GGYMLG 7 Human 4tut Yu et al. 2015
127–132 GYMLGS 8 Human 3nhc Apostol et al. 2010
126–131 GGYVLG 8 M129V Human 4uby Yu et al. 2015
127–132 GYVLGS 8 M129V Human 3nhd Apostol et al. 2010
138–143 MMHFGN 6 Hamster 3nve Apostol et al. 2011
138–143 IIHFGS 1 Human 3nvf Apostol et al. 2011
138–143 MIHFGN 1 Mouse 3nvg Apostol et al. 2011
170–175 NNQNTF 1 Elk 3fva Wiltzius et al. 2009
170–175 SNQNNF 2 Human 2ol9 Sawaya et al. 2007

All numbers correspond to the human sequence.

PDB, Protein Data Bank.

aZipper classes are defined in Sawaya et al. 2007.