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SARS-CoV-2 protein interacts with Parkinson’s protein, promotes amyloid formation
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SARS-CoV-2 protein interacts with Parkinson’s protein, promotes amyloid formation

by American Chemical Society The SARS-CoV-2 N-protein can interact with α-synuclein in the test tube and help it form amyloid fibrils, a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease. Credit: Adapted from ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00666 Case reports of relatively young COVID-19 patients who developed Parkinson’s disease within weeks of contracting the virus have led scientists...