Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Mapping of Prion Structures in the Yeast Rnq1. |
| Authors: |
Galliamov, Arthur A.1 (AUTHOR) arturens96@gmail.com, Malukhina, Alena D.1,2 (AUTHOR), Kushnirov, Vitaly V.1 (AUTHOR) vkushnirov@inbi.ras.ru |
| Source: |
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Mar2024, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p3397. 15p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*PRIONS, *C-terminal residues, *ALGORITHMS, *YEAST, *PROTEINASES |
| Abstract: |
The Rnq1 protein is one of the best-studied yeast prions. It has a large potentially prionogenic C-terminal region of about 250 residues. However, a previous study indicated that only 40 C-terminal residues form a prion structure. Here, we mapped the actual and potential prion structures formed by Rnq1 and its variants truncated from the C-terminus in two [RNQ+] strains using partial proteinase K digestion. The location of these structures differed in most cases from previous predictions by several computer algorithms. Some aggregation patterns observed microscopically for the Rnq1 hybrid proteins differed significantly from those previously observed for Sup35 prion aggregates. The transfer of a prion from the full-sized Rnq1 to its truncated versions caused substantial alteration of prion structures. In contrast to the Sup35 and Swi1, the terminal prionogenic region of 72 residues was not able to efficiently co-aggregate with the full-sized Rnq1 prion. GFP fusion to the Rnq1 C-terminus blocked formation of the prion structure at the Rnq1 C-terminus. Thus, the Rnq1-GFP fusion mostly used in previous studies cannot be considered a faithful tool for studying Rnq1 prion properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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