title: Yeast prions: bungee cord domains' balancing act.
abstract: The yeast prion-like protein Sup35 has repeats responsible for the reversible induction of an altered, but advantageous phenotype. The expansion of similar repeat domains in several mammalian proteins is associated with neurodegenerative disease - so why are these 'bungee cord' domains conserved?
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, USA. lansbury@cnd.bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Lansbury
mesh_terms: D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D006801:Humans; D000071058:Huntingtin Protein; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000502:physiology; D010454:Peptide Termination Factors; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D018621:PrPC Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D018620:PrPSc Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011328:Prions / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; C086055:HTT protein, human; D000071058:Huntingtin Protein; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010454:Peptide Termination Factors; D010455:Peptides; D018621:PrPC Proteins; D018620:PrPSc Proteins; D011328:Prions; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C068068:SUP35 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C097188:polyglutamine; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; C067020:URE2 protein, S cerevisiae