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BB Module 3: Evidence-Basec x Prairie View A & M Univer -) Dwww.saplinglearning.com/ib.scms/mod/ibis/view.php?id=1973904 Not Set 95.4/100 8/26/2015 12:31 PM Assignment Information Available From 8/24/2015 06:00 PM Due Date: Points Possible Grade Category: Graded Description: Policies: Gradebook #Attempts Score Print Calculator Periadic Table 13 Question 27 of 27 Not Set Mapoob 100 Amyloid fibrils are associated with many fatal degenerative diseases of humans and livestock. Livestock diséases such as scrapie in sheep and bovine spongiform encephalitis (BSE, or mad cow disease) have major negative impacts on agriculture. Human diseases characterized by amyloid fibrils include Alzheimer's disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 100 The images below show a short segment of a typical amyloid fibril. The image on the left shows the side chains protruding from the faces of the sheets omework You can check your answers. 100 You can view solutions when you complete or give up on any question. 100 You can keep trying to answer each question until you get it right or give up. 20 Choose the true statements about amyloid fibrils You lose 5% of the points available to each answer in your question for each incorrect attempt at that answer 21 100 Amyloid fibrils have a high amount of -helical structure Proteins that form amyloid fibrils are normally soluble Proteins that convert to an amyloid structure form soluble fibrils Nucleation of amyloid structure may be triggered when two sheet regions from two partially 95 eTextbook folded proteins associate Some amyloid fibrils are formed from proteolytic fragments that self-assemble into extended 24 100 D Help With This Topic sheet structures 25 100 Web Help &Videos; 26 Technical Support and Bug Reports Previous Give Up & View Solution Check Answer xt Exit Hint 27 2011-2015 Sapling Learning, Inc.-152 about us careers partners privacy policy terms of use contact ushelp 6:04 AM 10/7/2015 Search the web and Windows

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Statements 2, 4 and 5 are correct.

Amyloid fibrils are mainly made up of beta sheets but not alpha helices. Soluble proteins join to form insoluble fibrils.

Improperly folded or partially folded can be the starting point for the formation of amyloid fibrils.