Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In terms of total mass, myelin comprises approximately 40% water; the dry mass comprises between 60% and 75% lipid and between 15% and 25% protein. Protein content includes myelin basic protein (MBP), [21] which is abundant in the CNS where it plays a critical, non-redundant role in formation of compact myelin; myelin oligodendrocyte ...
Myelin basic protein (MBP) is a protein believed [weasel words] to be important in the process of myelination of nerves in the nervous system. The myelin sheath is a multi-layered membrane, unique to the nervous system, that functions as an insulator to greatly increase the velocity of axonal impulse conduction . [ 5 ]
Myelin proteolipid protein (PLP or lipophilin) [1] is the major myelin protein from the central nervous system (CNS). It plays an important role in the formation or maintenance of the multilamellar structure of myelin.
A nerve tissue protein is a biological molecule related to the function and maintenance of normal nervous tissue. [1] An example would include, for example, the generation of myelin which insulates and protects nerves. These are typically calcium-binding proteins.
The myelin sheath that surrounds and protects nerve cells is made by cells called oligodendrocytes. In a person with MS, these cells are lost, so damaged myelin sheaths cannot be repaired.
The myelin sheath is a multi-layered membrane, unique to the nervous system, that functions as an insulator to greatly increase the velocity of axonal impulse conduction. . Myelin protein zero, absent in the central nervous system, [14] is a major component of the myelin sheath in peripheral nerv
Myelin P2 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PMP2 gene. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Myelin protein P2 is a constituent of peripheral nervous system (PNS) myelin , also present in small amounts in central nervous system (CNS) myelin.
PMP22/gas-3, called peripheral myelin protein, is located in the myelin sheath. The expression of this protein is associated with a differentiation of Schwann cells, an establishment of tight junction in the Schwamm cell membrane or a compact formation of myelin. It is also present in epithelial cells of lungs and intestine, where interacts ...