The p97 protein is one of your body’s best garbage disposers. It floats around in your cells looking for signals that a protein is past its shelf life and needs to be trashed. Mutations in this protein have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS and dementia, but p97’s relationship to these disorders is still being explored.
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Source: Phys.org