Defect in folding of the protein result in which of the following clinical disease:-
Correct Answer: Kuru
Description: Ans. is 'a' Kuru .Prion diseases are known to occur because of defect in the secondary-tertiary protein structure (due to defect of folding of the peptide chain).Kuru is a prion disease.Other prion diseases are:Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease*Scrapie* (in sheep).Bovine spongiform encephalopathy* (in cattle).Note:Prion stands for proteinaceous infectious particle*.It contains no nucleic acid*.
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