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Scheibel, Thomas ; Kowal, Anthony S. ; Bloom, Jesse ; Lindquist, Susan L.:
Bidirectional amyloid fiber growth for a yeast prion determinant.
In: Current Biology.
Vol. 11
(2001)
Issue 5
.
- pp. 366-369.
ISSN 1879-0445
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00099-9
Abstract in another language
The polymerization of many amyloids is a two-stage process initiated by the formation of a seeding nucleus or protofibril. Soluble protein then assembles with these nuclei to form amyloid fibers. Whether fiber growth is bidirectional or unidirectional has been determined for two amyloids. In these cases, bidirectional growth was established by time lapse atomic-force microscopy. Here, we investigated the growth of amyloid fibers formed by NM, the prion-determining region of the yeast protein Sup35p. The conformational changes in NM that lead to amyloid formation in vitro serve as a model for the self-perpetuating conformational changes in Sup35p that allow this protein to serve as an epigenetic element of inheritance in vivo. To assess the directionality of fiber growth, we genetically engineered a mutant of NM so that it contained an accessible cysteine residue that was easily labeled after fiber formation. The mutant protein assembled in vitro with kinetics indistinguishable from those of the wild-type protein and propagated the heritable genetic trait [PSI+] with the same fidelity. In reactions nucleated with prelabeled fibers, unlabeled protein assembled at both ends. Thus, NM fiber growth is bidirectional.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Biomaterials Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Biomaterials > Chair Biomaterials - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > Advanced Materials Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > Molecular Biosciences Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > Polymer and Colloid Science Profile Fields > Emerging Fields > Food and Health Sciences Profile Fields Profile Fields > Advanced Fields Profile Fields > Emerging Fields |
| Result of work at the UBT: | No |
| DDC Subjects: | 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2015 11:48 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2023 12:26 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/19789 |