Question

Prions are _______that are thought to cause disease by ____________
A) RNA molecules encoding toxic proteins
B) an abnormal type capsid...... dramatically enhancing the rate of viral nfection
C) DNA molecules .. jumping around the genome and mutating genes
D) mutant DNA molecules...encoding toxic proteins
E) abnormally shaped proteins... inducing similar but normally shaped proteins to the brain to adopt the abnormal form

Answer 1

Answer:

E) Abnormally shaped proteins....inducing similar but normally shaped proteins to the brain to adopt the abnormal form

Explanation:

• Prions are proteins that underwent conformational changes and became abnormal.
• These abnormal proteins (prions) now induce other proteins to also undergo changes
• Prions are not considered to be alive and causes an array of fatal brain diseases