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SUBMITTER: Yang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4150831 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Zi Z Stone David E DE Liebman Susan W SW
Molecular microbiology 20140805 5
Many neurodegenerative diseases are associated with conversion of a soluble protein into amyloid deposits, but how this is connected to toxicity remains largely unknown. Here, we explore mechanisms of amyloid associated toxicity using yeast. [PIN(+)], the prion form of the Q/N-rich Rnq1 protein, was known to enhance aggregation of heterologous proteins, including the overexpressed Q/N-rich amyloid forming domain of Pin4 (Pin4C), and Pin4C aggregates were known to attract chaperones, including Si ...[more]