3fva
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== Function == | == Function == | ||
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/PRIO_CEREN PRIO_CEREN] May play a role in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. May be required for neuronal myelin sheath maintenance. May play a role in iron uptake and iron homeostasis. Soluble oligomers are toxic to cultured neuroblastoma cells and induce apoptosis (in vitro). Association with GPC1 (via its heparan sulfate chains) targets PRNP to lipid rafts. Also provides Cu(2+) or ZN(2+) for the ascorbate-mediated GPC1 deaminase degradation of its heparan sulfate side chains (By similarity). | [https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/PRIO_CEREN PRIO_CEREN] May play a role in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. May be required for neuronal myelin sheath maintenance. May play a role in iron uptake and iron homeostasis. Soluble oligomers are toxic to cultured neuroblastoma cells and induce apoptosis (in vitro). Association with GPC1 (via its heparan sulfate chains) targets PRNP to lipid rafts. Also provides Cu(2+) or ZN(2+) for the ascorbate-mediated GPC1 deaminase degradation of its heparan sulfate side chains (By similarity). | ||
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| - | == Publication Abstract from PubMed == | ||
| - | In prion inheritance and transmission, strains are phenotypic variants encoded by protein 'conformations'. However, it is unclear how a protein conformation can be stable enough to endure transmission between cells or organisms. Here we describe new polymorphic crystal structures of segments of prion and other amyloid proteins, which offer two structural mechanisms for the encoding of prion strains. In packing polymorphism, prion strains are encoded by alternative packing arrangements (polymorphs) of beta-sheets formed by the same segment of a protein; in segmental polymorphism, prion strains are encoded by distinct beta-sheets built from different segments of a protein. Both forms of polymorphism can produce enduring conformations capable of encoding strains. These molecular mechanisms for transfer of protein-encoded information into prion strains share features with the familiar mechanism for transfer of nucleic acid-encoded information into microbial strains, including sequence specificity and recognition by noncovalent bonds. | ||
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| - | Molecular mechanisms for protein-encoded inheritance.,Wiltzius JJ, Landau M, Nelson R, Sawaya MR, Apostol MI, Goldschmidt L, Soriaga AB, Cascio D, Rajashankar K, Eisenberg D Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2009 Sep;16(9):973-8. Epub 2009 Aug 16. PMID:19684598<ref>PMID:19684598</ref> | ||
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| - | From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Prion 3D structures|Prion 3D structures]] | *[[Prion 3D structures|Prion 3D structures]] | ||
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Current revision
NNQNTF segment from elk prion
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