... represents the co-operativity of the transition, and [D]50%is the concentration of urea at the midpoint of unfolding, i.e. the concentration of urea required to denature 50% of the protein. Intersection ... [33,34].DiscussionAccording to the prion hypothesis, a key molecularevent in the pathogenesis of prion diseases is the conversion of the normal cellular form of the prion protein, PrPC, to the disease-associated ... indicative of the existence of stable, partially folded intermediateson the folding pathway of a protein [27–30]. The presence of an intermediate on the folding path-way of PrP was further disclosed...