Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 412, Issue 1, Pages 137-152Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.07.009
Keywords
HET-s; aggregation; FTIR; folding; toxicity
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Conseil Regional d'Aquitaine
- Agence Nationale Pour l'Emploi
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The folding and interactions of amyloid proteins are at the heart of the debate as to how these proteins may or may not become toxic to their host. Although little is known about this issue, the structure seems to be clearly involved with effects on molecular events. To understand how an amyloid may be toxic, we previously generated a yeast toxic amyloid (mutant 8) from the nontoxic HET-s((218-289)) prion domain of Podospora anserina. Here, we performed a comprehensive structure toxicity study by mutating individually each of the 10 mutations found in mutant 8. The study of the library of new mutants generated allowed us to establish a clear link between Fourier transform infrared antiparallel signature and amyloid toxicity. All of the mutants that form parallel beta-sheets are not toxic. Double mutations may be sufficient to shift a parallel structure to antiparallel amyloids, which are toxic to yeast. Our findings also suggest that the toxicity of antiparallel structured mutants may be linked to interaction with membranes. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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