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Single-molecule studies of prion protein folding and misfolding.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Single-molecule studies of prion protein folding and misfolding./
Author:	Yu, Hao.
Description:	129 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-06(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-06B(E).
Subject:	Biophysics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NS27735
ISBN:	9780499277350

Single-molecule studies of prion protein folding and misfolding.
Yu, Hao.

Single-molecule studies of prion protein folding and misfolding. - 129 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-06(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta (Canada), 2013.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Protein folding involves a stochastic search through the configurational energy landscape towards the native structure. Although most proteins have evolved to fold efficiently into a unique native structure, misfolding (the formation of non-native structures) occurs frequently in vivo causing a wide range of diseases. The prion protein PrP has the unique ability to propagate an infectious disease without transmitting any genetic material, based instead on a misfolded conformation which can reproduce itself. The mechanism of prion misfolding and propagation remains unsettled, from details about the earliest stages of misfolding to the structure of the infectious state. Part of the difficulty in understanding the structural conversion arises from the complexity of the underlying energy landscape. Single-molecule methods provide a powerful tool for probing complex folding pathways as in protein misfolding, because they allow rare and transient events to be observed directly.

ISBN: 9780499277350Subjects--Topical Terms:

518360
Biophysics.

Single-molecule studies of prion protein folding and misfolding.
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520 $a Protein folding involves a stochastic search through the configurational energy landscape towards the native structure. Although most proteins have evolved to fold efficiently into a unique native structure, misfolding (the formation of non-native structures) occurs frequently in vivo causing a wide range of diseases. The prion protein PrP has the unique ability to propagate an infectious disease without transmitting any genetic material, based instead on a misfolded conformation which can reproduce itself. The mechanism of prion misfolding and propagation remains unsettled, from details about the earliest stages of misfolding to the structure of the infectious state. Part of the difficulty in understanding the structural conversion arises from the complexity of the underlying energy landscape. Single-molecule methods provide a powerful tool for probing complex folding pathways as in protein misfolding, because they allow rare and transient events to be observed directly.
520 $a We used custom-built high resolution optical tweezers to study PrP one molecule at a time. By measuring folding trajectories of single PrP molecules held under tension, we found that the native folding pathway involves only two states, without evidence for partially folded intermediates that have been proposed to mediate misfolding. The full energy profile was reconstructed for the native folding of PrP, revealing a double-well potential with an extended partially-unfolded transition state. Interestingly, three different misfolding pathways were detected, all starting from the unfolded state. A mutant PrP with higher aggregation propensity showed increased occupancy of some of the misfolded states, suggesting these states may act as intermediates during aggregation. To investigate the mechanism of PrP misfolding further, we characterized the folding pathways of PrP when two molecules interact to form a dimer. Remarkably, the dimer invariably formed a stable misfolded structure, via multiple partially-folded intermediates. We mapped the energy landscape for PrP dimer misfolding and identified a key intermediate that leads to misfolding by kinetically blocking the formation of the native structure. These results provide mechanistic insight into the formation of non-native structures of PrP and demonstrate a general platform for studying protein misfolding and aggregation at the single-molecule level, with wide applicability for understanding disease and biological function.
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