Structural Determinants in Prion Protein Folding and Stability
| Autor: | Francesco Attanasio, Federico Benetti, Giuseppe Legname, Xevi Biarnés, Enrico Rizzarelli, Gabriele Giachin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Gene isoform
Protein Folding N-terminal domain Prions animal diseases Molecular Dynamics Simulation Protein aggregation Biology Mice Structural Biology Animals Humans Protein Isoforms Disulfides Prion protein Molecular Biology Genetics Heterogeneous group Calorimetry Differential Scanning energy landscape Point mutation Disulfide bond Energy landscape nervous system diseases Folding (chemistry) intermediate state Spectrometry Fluorescence Biochemistry disulfide bond prion-susceptible species Mutation Protein Processing Post-Translational |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Molecular Biology 426 (2014): 3796–3810. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2014.09.017 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Benetti F.; Biarnes X.; Attanasio F.; Giachin G.; Rizzarelli E.; Legname G./titolo:Structural determinants in prion protein folding and stability/doi:10.1016%2Fj.jmb.2014.09.017/rivista:Journal of Molecular Biology/anno:2014/pagina_da:3796/pagina_a:3810/intervallo_pagine:3796–3810/volume:426 |
| ISSN: | 0022-2836 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.09.017 |
| Popis: | Prions are responsible for a heterogeneous group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases, involving post-translational modifications of the cellular prion protein. Epidemiological studies on Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a prototype prion disorder, show a majority of cases being sporadic, while the remaining occurrences are either genetic or iatrogenic. The molecular mechanisms by which PrP C is converted into its pathological isoform have not yet been established. While point mutations and seeds trigger the protein to cross the energy barriers, thus causing genetic and infectious transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, respectively, the mechanism responsible for sporadic forms remains unclear. Since prion diseases are protein-misfolding disorders, we investigated prion protein folding and stability as functions of different milieus. Using spectroscopic techniques and atomistic simulations, we dissected the contribution of major structural determinants, also defining the energy landscape of prion protein. In particular, we elucidated (i) the essential role of the octapeptide region in prion protein folding and stability, (ii) the presence of a very enthalpically stable intermediate in prion-susceptible species, and (iii) the role of the disulfide bridge in prion protein folding. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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