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The compact myelin sheath formed around nerve axons speeds up nerve
conduction and also nurtures the axon. Destruction of this sheath
in demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) results
in nerve conduction failure and neurodegeneration. Myelin basic
protein (MBP) is the second most abundant protein of central
nervous system (CNS) myelin (after the proteolipid protein),
representing about 30 % of the total myelin protein and about 10 %
of myelin by weight. It is also present in peripheral nervous
system (PNS) myelin but as a lower percentage of the total protein.
This book addresses the issue of Myelin and the way it binds to
negatively-charged lipids on the cytosolic surfaces of the
processes and is responsible for adhesion of these surfaces of
myelin in the CNS, thus forming the major dense line observed by
electron microscopy.
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