Name the infectious agent that consists an abnormally folded protein.
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that agent name is prion
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'Prions' are 'infectious particles' that consist of an abnormally folded protein.
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An infectious structural agent of a 'normal cellular protein' called PrP ('prion protein') is responsible for the cause of 'spongiform encephalopathies'.
Prion is a self-propagating abnormally folded agent of a protein which is responsible for various types of diseases which are effected to the brain and causes other 'neural diseases'.
They are misfolded proteins that have the ability to transform into shapes that are misfolded.
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