Genetic and environmental factors affecting the de novo appearance of the [PSI+] prion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Genetic and environmental factors affecting the de novo appearance of the [PSI+] prion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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影响酿酒酵母中[PSI]朊病毒从头出现的遗传和环境因素。
DOI:
10.1093/genetics/147.2.507
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发表时间:
1997
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Liebman,SW
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作者:
Derkatch,IL;Bradley,ME;Zhou,P;Chernoff,YO;Liebman,SW
It has previously been shown that yeast prion[PSI+]is cured by GuHCl, although reports on reversibility of curing were contradictory. Here we show that GuHCl treatment of both[PSI+]and[psi–]yeast strains results in two classes of[psi–]derivatives: Pin+, in which[PSI+]can be reinduced by Sup35p overproduction, and Pin–, in which overexpression of the completeSUP35gene does not lead to the[PSI+]appearance. However, in both Pin+and Pin–derivatives[PSI+]is reinduced by overproduction of a short Sup35p N-terminal fragment, thus, in principle,[PSI+]curing remains reversible in both cases. Neither suppression nor growth inhibition caused bySUP35overexpression in Pin+[psi–]derivatives are observed in Pin–[psi–]derivatives. Genetic analyses show that the Pin+phenotype is determined by a non-Mendelian factor, which, unlike the[PSI+]prion, is independent of the Sup35p N-terminal domain. A Pin–[psi–]derivative was also generated by transient inactivation of the heat shock protein, Hsp104, while[PSI+]curing by Hsp104 overproduction resulted exclusively in Pin+[psi–]derivatives. We hypothesize that in addition to the[PSI+]prion-determining domain in the Sup35p N-terminus, there is another self-propagating conformational determinant in the C-proximal part of Sup35p and that this second prion is responsible for the Pin+phenotype.