Prion-chaperone interaction: parsimony and conceptual limitations

Abstract

This study discusses the hypothesis of the appearance of prion diseases as an interaction of PRNP gene and chaperon gene, called X chap. It is believed that the hypothesis of the x protein of the connection of the chaperones with prionopathies has been neglected because scholars still do not know that there are a number of inheritance systems, a number of code types and a number of modules. These conceptual limitations are also accompanied by a violation of the parsimony principle.

Key words: prion, PRNP, xchap, parsimony, conceptual limitation.