Comment on Plants looking at people looking at people looking at fungi
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 week ago
fungi also uses PRIONs that is part of its evolution, and not a disease like in mammals, since they have different origins.
Comment on Plants looking at people looking at people looking at fungi
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 week ago
fungi also uses PRIONs that is part of its evolution, and not a disease like in mammals, since they have different origins.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
What’s that mean exactly, that they use proteins that can be further folded, and exploit that?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 week ago
yes, i skimmed research papers on this, and essentially yes, fungi can produce prions that have different conformation which is beneficial for its survival.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I guess the surprising thing is that only (?) fungi do that
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 week ago
yea, Its actually more complicated than i thought, different species utilizes thier prions differently, different functions. one species can use prions from being merged by another colony of the same species, maintaining that population instrad. although it seems only some prions are useful, and some are inert, and some are not benificial.
BambiDiego@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Why, yes, exactly that.