Wickner Reed B, Edskes Herman K, Shewmaker Frank, Nakayashiki Toru
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, USA.
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2007 Aug;5(8):611-8. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1708.
The term 'prion' means an infectious protein that does not need an accompanying nucleic acid. There are six fungal prions, including four self-propagating amyloids and two enzymes that are necessary to activate their inactive precursors. Here we explore the scope of the prion phenomenon, the biological and evolutionary roles of prions, the structural basis of the amyloid prions and the prominent role of chaperones (proteins that affect the folding of other proteins) and other cellular components in prion generation and propagation.
“朊病毒”一词指的是一种无需伴随核酸的传染性蛋白质。有六种真菌朊病毒,包括四种自我传播的淀粉样蛋白和两种激活其无活性前体所必需的酶。在这里,我们探讨了朊病毒现象的范围、朊病毒的生物学和进化作用、淀粉样朊病毒的结构基础以及伴侣蛋白(影响其他蛋白质折叠的蛋白质)和其他细胞成分在朊病毒产生和传播中的重要作用。