Table 1 Mean, cumulant Rh (hydrodynamic radii) and polydispersity values estimated by DLS for rPrP (5 μM) aggregation reactions with different RNAs, at a protein to RNA ratio of 1:0.05.

From: RNA modulates aggregation of the recombinant mammalian prion protein by direct interaction

Sample

Rh (nm)

Polydispersity (%)

rPrP + Domain IV rRNA

100.98 ± 5.64

7.4

rPrP + Domain V rRNA

81.34 ± 1.64

12.8

rPrP + DHFR mRNA

100.46 ± 4.95

12.7

rPrP + GFP + mRNA

103.69 ± 4.85

19.3

rPrP + bulk-tRNA

700.68 ± 60.9

6.1