Newly identified prions in budding yeast, and their possible functions

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作者
Crow, Emily T. [1 ]
Li, Liming [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Dept Mol Pharmacol & Biol Chem, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Prion; Yeast; Protein aggregation; Epigenetics; Amyloid; DE-NOVO APPEARANCE; SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE; PSI+ PRION; HETEROKARYON INCOMPATIBILITY; GUANIDINE-HYDROCHLORIDE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION; GENETIC-VARIATION; PROTEIN HSP104; PSI(+) PRION; URE3; PRION;
D O I
10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.03.003
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Yeast prions are atypical genetic elements that are transmitted as heritable protein conformations. [PSI+], [URE3], and [PIN+] are three well-studied prions in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the last three years, several additional prions have been reported in yeast, including [SWI+], [OCT+], [MCA], [GAR(+)], [MOT3(+)], [ISP+], and [NSI+]. The growing number of yeast prions suggests that protein-based inheritance might be a widespread biological phenomenon. In this review, we summarize the characteristics of each prion element, and discuss their potential functional roles in yeast biology. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:452 / 459
页数:8
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