Assertion: prion's form | /r/CapableOf | fold as a result of a mutations
Facets:
value: abnormally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Prion proteins are normally found in all mammalian brains, but it is believed that altered forms of these proteins fold abnormally as a result of a mutations; as a result the proteins encoded by the mutant genes have distorted shapes, and they are not broken down normally.