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Destruction or potentiation of different prions catalyzed by similar Hsp104 remodeling activities.
Molecular cell - 4 Aug 2006
Shorter James, Lindquist Susan
Abstract excerpt
Yeast prions are protein-based genetic elements that self-perpetuate changes in protein conformation and function. A protein-remodeling factor, Hsp104, controls the inheritance of several yeast prions, including those formed by Sup35 and Ure2. Perplexingly, deletion of Hsp104 eliminates Sup35 and Ure2 prions, whereas overexpression of Hsp104 purges cells of Sup35 prions, but not Ure2 prions. Here, we used pure...
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