Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2022 Oct;29(10):962-965. doi: 10.1038/s41594-022-00833-4. Epub 2022 Sep 12.
One of the least understood aspects of prion diseases is the structure of infectious prion protein aggregates. Here we report a high-resolution cryo-EM structure of amyloid fibrils formed by human prion protein with the Y145Stop mutation that is associated with a familial prion disease. This structural insight allows us not only to explain previous biochemical findings, but also provides direct support for the conformational adaptability model of prion transmissibility barriers.
朊病毒疾病中最不为人理解的方面之一是传染性朊病毒蛋白聚集体的结构。在这里,我们报告了由与家族性朊病毒疾病相关的 Y145Stop 突变的人朊病毒蛋白形成的淀粉样纤维的高分辨率冷冻电镜结构。这一结构上的认识不仅使我们能够解释以前的生化发现,而且还为朊病毒传播障碍的构象适应性模型提供了直接支持。