SGD Paper 
Edskes HK, et al. (2006) Nitrogen source and the retrograde signalling pathway affect detection, not generation, of the [URE3] prion. Yeast 23(11):833-40
Abstract: [URE3] is an infectious (prion) inactive amyloid form of Ure2p, a regulator of nitrogen catabolism. [URE3] clones are selected on NH(4) (+), using their derepressed expression of DAL5 to allow uptake of ureidosuccinate (USA). We previously reported that mks1Delta prevents generation of [URE3] and others reported that glutamate in the medium or the elevated glutamate in mks1Delta strains blocks [URE3] generation. We show here that elevated glutamate does not block [URE3] generation, but that neither does mks1Delta. Rather, a post-transcriptional effect on DAL5 of mks1Delta through the retrograde regulation pathway prevents detection of [URE3] prion-containing colonies. Moreover, the presence of both ammonia and glutamate blocks USA uptake in a known [URE3] strain, so that detection of the prion is prevented, rather than its generation.
| Status: Published | Type: Journal Article | Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural | PubMed ID: 16921555 |
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