Yeast Short-Lived Actin-Associated Protein Forms a Metastable Prion in Response to Thermal Stress

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Self-perpetuating ordered protein aggregates (amyloids and prions) are associated with a variety of neurodegenerative disorders. Although environmental agents have been linked to certain amyloid diseases, the molecular basis of their action remains unclear. We have employed endogenous yeast prions as a model system to study environmental control of amyloid formation. A short-lived actin-associated yeast protein Lsb2 can trigger prion formation by other proteins in a mode regulated by the cytoskeleton and ubiquitin-dependent processes. Here, we show that such a heterologous prion induction is due to the ability of Lsb2 to form a transient prion state, generated in response to thermal stress. Evolutionary acquisition of prion-inducing activity by Lsb2 is traced to a single amino acid change, coinciding with the acquisition of thermotolerance in the Saccharomyces yeast lineage. This raises the intriguing possibility that the transient prion formation could aid in functioning of Lsb2 at higher temperatures.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Cell reports - 18(2017), 3 vom: 17. Jan., Seite 751-761

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chernova, Tatiana A [VerfasserIn]
Kiktev, Denis A [VerfasserIn]
Romanyuk, Andrey V [VerfasserIn]
Shanks, John R [VerfasserIn]
Laur, Oskar [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Moiez [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Abheek [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dami [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Mang, Maggie [VerfasserIn]
Chernoff, Yury O [VerfasserIn]
Wilkinson, Keith D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Actin
Amyloids
Carrier Proteins
Chaperone
Environmental stress
Heat shock
Journal Article
Las17-binding protein Lsb2, S cerevisiae
Lsb1 protein, S cerevisiae
Molecular Chaperones
Peptide Termination Factors
Prions
SUP35 protein, S cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
Sup35
Ubiquitination

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Date Completed 13.12.2017

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.082

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM268119074