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In silico Characterization of Human Prion-Like Proteins: Beyond Neurological Diseases.

ABSTRACT: Prion-like behavior has been in the spotlight since it was first associated with the onset of mammalian neurodegenerative diseases. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that this mechanism could be behind the regulation of processes such as transcription and translation in multiple species. Here, we perform a stringent computational survey to identify prion-like proteins in the human proteome. We detected 242 candidate polypeptides and computationally assessed their function, protein-protein interaction networks, tissular expression, and their link to disease. Human prion-like proteins constitute a subset of modular polypeptides broadly expressed across different cell types and tissues, significantly associated with disease, embedded in highly connected interaction networks, and involved in the flow of genetic information in the cell. Our analysis suggests that these proteins might play a relevant role not only in neurological disorders, but also in different types of cancer and viral infections.

SUBMITTER: Iglesias V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445884 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>In silico</i> Characterization of Human Prion-Like Proteins: Beyond Neurological Diseases.

Iglesias Valentin V Paladin Lisanna L Juan-Blanco Teresa T Pallarès Irantzu I Aloy Patrick P Tosatto Silvio C E SCE Ventura Salvador S

Frontiers in physiology 20190327

Prion-like behavior has been in the spotlight since it was first associated with the onset of mammalian neurodegenerative diseases. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that this mechanism could be behind the regulation of processes such as transcription and translation in multiple species. Here, we perform a stringent computational survey to identify prion-like proteins in the human proteome. We detected 242 candidate polypeptides and computationally assessed their function, protein-pro ...[more]

PMID: 30971948

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Project description:BackgroundPrions are proteinaceous particles that propagate alternative protein conformations/states to further copies of the same proteins, and are transmitted from cell-to-cell, and organism-to-organism. Prions are usually made of the beta-sheet rich assemblies termed amyloid. The original prion protein PrP causes devastating neurodegenerative disorders in humans and other mammals. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, many prion-forming proteins have been observed; a prominent feature of these proteins is an intrinsically disordered domain rich in glutamine (Q) and asparagine (N) residues. Several human proteins that are yeast-prion-like, in particular those with poly-glutamine (poly-Q) expansions, have been experimentally implicated in human neurodegenerative diseases.ResultsHere, we have constructed a comprehensive list of human yeast-prion-like proteins that are linked to human neurological disease. Surprisingly, different methods to annotate yeast-prion-like proteins in humans have limited intersection. However, independent of annotation method, we find that human yeast-prion-like proteins as a group have a statistically significant genetic linkage to neurological disease, that is caused specifically by linkage to neurodegenerative diseases. This is despite: (i) no especially high expression of yeast-prion-like proteins in the central nervous system, or (ii) no general enrichment of intrinsically disordered proteins in neurological/neurodegenerative diseases. Cytoskeletal proteins are significantly overrepresented in the set of human yeast-prion-like neurological proteins. Whether involved in neurological pathomechanisms or not, yeast-prion-like proteins in humans have very limited conservation outside of Deuterostomia (< ~10 %) with only a handful having prion-like character in both human and S. cerevisiae. The only such protein with a disease linkage is PUB1/TIA1, which functions as a stress granule component. Thus, the yeast-prion-like character of proteins linked to neurodegenerative diseases has not been conserved over the deep evolutionary time since the last common ancestor of yeasts and humans.ConclusionOur results provide a comprehensive picture of yeast-prion-like proteins in humans and contribute to the strategic basis for experimental investigation of the link between yeast-prion-like protein character and neurological disease.ReviewersReviewed by Istvan Simon and Alexander Schleiffer. For the full reviews, please go to the Reviewers' comments section.

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In silico Characterization of Human Prion-Like Proteins: Beyond Neurological Diseases.

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