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Although molecular diagnosis of prion disease has historically relied upon detection of protease-resistant fragments of PrPSc using PK (proteinase K), it is now apparent that a substantial fraction of disease-related PrP is destroyed by this protease. Recently, thermolysin has been identified as a complementary tool to PK, permitting isolation of PrPSc in its full-length form. In the present study, we show that thermolysin can degrade PrPC while preserving both PK-sensitive and PK-resistant isoforms of disease-related PrP in both rodent and human prion strains. For mouse RML (Rocky Mountain Laboratory) prions, the majority of PK-sensitive disease-related PrP isoforms do not appear to contribute significantly to infectivity. In vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt\u2013Jakob disease), the human counterpart of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), up to 90% of total PrP present in the brain resists degradation with thermolysin, whereas only \u223c15% of this material resists digestion by PK. 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