NR ALBO
AU Sparrer,H.E.; Santoso,A.; Szoka,F.C.Jr.; Weissman,J.S.
TI Evidence for the prion hypothesis: induction of the yeast [PSI+] factor by in vitro- converted Sup35 protein.
QU Science 2000 Jul 28; 289(5479): 595-9
KI Science. 2000 Jul 28;289(5479):556-7. PMID: 10939965
PT journal article
AB Starting with purified, bacterially produced protein, we have created a [PSI(+)]-inducing agent based on an altered (prion) conformation of the yeast Sup35 protein. After converting Sup35p to its prion conformation in vitro, we introduced it into the cytoplasm of living yeast using a liposome transformation protocol. Introduction of substoichiometric quantities of converted Sup35p greatly increased the rate of appearance of the well-characterized epigenetic factor [PSI+], which results from self-propagating aggregates of cellular Sup35p. Thus, as predicted by the prion hypothesis, proteins can act as infectious agents by causing self-propagating conformational changes.
MH Biopolymers; Culture Media; Cytoplasm/chemistry; Fungal Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/physiology; Liposomes; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Mutation; Phenotype; Plasmids; Prions/*chemistry/genetics/physiology; Protein Conformation; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism; Species Specificity; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Translation, Genetic
AD Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0450, USA
SP englisch
PO USA