Heterogeneous seeding of a prion structure by a generic amyloid form of the fungal prion-forming domain HET-s(218-289)

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 29604-29612

  Wan, William ^a   Bian, Wen ^a   McDonald, Michele ^a   Kijac, Aleksandra ^b,c,d   Wemmer, David E ^b,c   Stubbs, Gerald ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; AMYLOIDOGENIC PEPTIDES; DENATURED PROTEINS; KINETIC PROFILES; PHYSIOLOGICAL PH; SEEDED SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; X RAY FIBER DIFFRACTION;

GLYCOPROTEINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLENOIDS;

PROTEINS;

AMYLOID; FUNGAL PRION FORMING DOMAIN PROTEIN HET S [218-289]; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMYLOID; FIBER DIFFRACTION; PRION TRANSMISSION; PRIONS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SEEDING; SELF-PROPAGATION; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY;

AMYLOID; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PODOSPORA; PRIONS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84885650263     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.505511     Document Type: Article

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