All of the following represent disorders or protein misfolding, except
Correct Answer: Tuberculosis
Description: A normal gene makes the normal Prp protein .when gene is mutataed there will be protein misfolding. in Alzhener&;s disease, there is beta amyloid protein formation . this fuher forms plaque . this causes dementia , hallucination etc. cystic fibrosis is caused by abnormal protein CFTR. Creutzfeldt disease is caused due to prions. tuberculosis is an infectious disease and does not cause protein misfoldingRef: DM Vasudevan - Textbook of Biochemistry, 7th edition, page no: 728 & 606
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