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In alzheimer's disease patients, amyloid plaques develop that contain misfolded beta-amyloid proteins. based on this observation you would predict that:

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Based on this observation you would predict that the MISFOLDED BETA AMYLOID PROTEINS COULD NOT BE REFOLDED BY THE CHAPERONE PROTEINS.
Chaperon proteins are proteins which assist newly formed proteins to form correctly. A protein that is already mis-folded can not be refolded by the chaperone proteins.
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