A Drug Researcher Has Developed a Macromolecule That Can Bind

Multiple Choice

A drug researcher has developed a macromolecule that can bind to scrapie and thus change the prion's conformation. What effect might this have on the actions of scrapie?

A) The shape change could prevent the scrapie protein from converting normal proteins to scrapie proteins.
B) The shape change could induce scrapie protease activity.
C) The shape change could stop the transcription of scrapie RNA.
D) The shape change could stop the replication of scrapie DNA.
E) The shape change could block the translation of scrapie RNA.