NR AQOB
AU Roberts,B.T.; Moriyama,H.; Wickner,R.B.
TI [URE3] prion propagation is abolished by a mutation of the primary cytosolic Hsp70 of budding yeast
QU Yeast 2004 Jan 30; 21(2): 107-17
PT journal article
AB [URE3] and [PSI(+)] are infectious protein forms of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ure2p and Sup35p, respectively. We isolated an allele of SSA2, the primary cytosolic Hsp70, in a screen for mutants unable to maintain [URE3]. Designated ssa2-10, the mutation results in a leucine substitution for proline 395, a conserved residue of the peptide-binding domain. This allele also unexpectedly destabilizes [URE3] in newly formed heterozygotes: [URE3] is either absent in heterozygotes formed by crossing wild-type [URE3] cells with ssa2-10 mutants, or present and fully stable. SSA2 deletion mutants are weakly capable of maintaining [URE3]. The ssa2-10 allele is compatible with propagation of [PSI(+)]. However, in combination with a deletion of SSA1, ssa2-10 eliminates the nonsense-suppression phenotype of [PSI(+)] cells.
MH Cloning, Molecular; DNA, Fungal/chemistry/genetics; Fungal Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal/*physiology; Heat-Shock Proteins 70/chemistry/*genetics; Point Mutation; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prions/*genetics/metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*genetics/metabolism; Suppression, Genetic
AD Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830, USA
SP englisch
PO England