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The [URE3] Yeast Prion Results from Protein Aggregates That Differ from Amyloid Filaments Formed in Vitro

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The [URE3] yeast prion is a self-propagating inactive form of the Ure2 protein. Ure2p is composed of two domains, residues 1-93, the prion-forming domain, and the remaining C-terminal part of the protein, which forms the functional domain involved in nitrogen catab-olite repression. In vitro, Ure2p forms amyloid filaments that have been proposed to be the aggregated prion form found in vivo. Here we showed that the biochemical characteristics of these two species differ. Protease digestions of Ure2p filaments and soluble Ure2p are comparable when analyzed by Coomassie staining as by Western blot. However, this finding does not explain the pattern specifically observed in [URE3] strains. Anti-bodies raised against the C-terminal part of Ure2p revealed the existence of proteolysis sites efficiently cleaved when [URE3], but not wild-type crude extracts, were submitted to limited proteolysis. The same anti-bodies lead to an equivalent digestion pattern when recombinant Ure2p (either soluble or amyloid) was analyzed in the same way. These results strongly suggest that aggregated Ure2p in [URE3] yeast cells is different from the amyloid filaments generated in vitro.
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hal-02448159 , version 1 (22-01-2020)

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Leslie Ripaud, Laurent A Maillet, Fabien Durand, Françoise Immel-Torterotot, Christophe Cullin. The [URE3] Yeast Prion Results from Protein Aggregates That Differ from Amyloid Filaments Formed in Vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004, 279 (49), pp.50962-50968. ⟨10.1074/jbc.M408792200⟩. ⟨hal-02448159⟩

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