DEFINITION
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CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND IMAGES
When relevant for the function
- Tertiary structure
- Insights into the mechanism of prion propagation Current Opinion in Structural Biology Volume: 18, Issue: 1, February, 2008, pp. 52-59, Perrett, Sarah; Jones, Gary W
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- Structuring the puzzle of prion propagation, Current Opinion in Structural Biology Volume: 15, Issue: 6, December, 2005, pp. 724-730, Eghiaian, Frédéric
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- Mammalian prion proteins, Current Opinion in Structural Biology Volume: 10, Issue: 1, February 1, 2000, pp. 69-74, Jackson, G.S.Graham S; Clarke, A.R.Anthony R
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- Conformational changes and disease - serpins, prions and Alzheimer's 1997
It is linked to a GPI-anchor
Aminoacids percentage
SYNTHESIS AND TURNOVER
mRNA synthesis
protein synthesis
post-translational modifications
degradation
CELLULAR FUNCTIONS
PrP recycling
Endocytosis Clathrin 1995
PrP's normal function is likely related to copper regulation in the central nervous system. In full-length PrP, Cu2+ ions bind primarily in the octarepeat domain composed of adjacent PHGGGWGQ segments.
- Enzymes
- Cell signaling and Ligand transport
- Structural proteins
REGULATION
DIAGNOSTIC USE
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PRNP
Glycosylphosphatidyl inositol (GPI) Anchor
Prions at Leeds University
Copper binding
N2 contains Cu? and it is used to restore activity of Cu enzymes ?
to traffic to the cell surface where this processing occurs
Expression of prion protein increases cellular copper binding and antioxidant enzyme activities but not copper delivery. 2003
This finding was further confirmed when PrPC was cleaved with PIPLC prior to 64Cu labeling. However, our work does not support that PrPC could be involved in the copper transport across the membrane, as suggested by studies reporting histidine-dependent uptake of 67Cu proportional to PrPC expression in cerebellar cells derived from three lines of mice expressing various amounts of PrPC
Extracellular copper ions regulate cellular prion protein (PrPC) expression and metabolism in neuronal cells 2005
Mattia Tonia, Maria Lina Massiminob, Cristiana Griffonia, Benedetto Salvatoc, Vittorio Tomasia, Enzo Spisnia
The physiological functions of cellular prion protein (PrPC) remain unclear. It has been demonstrated that PrPC is a copper binding protein and proposed that its functions could be strictly linked to copper metabolism and neuroprotection. The aim of this study was to clarify how extracellular copper modifies PrPC expression and metabolism in cultured neurones. We reported here that copper delivered at physiological concentrations significantly decreases PrPC mRNA expression in GN11 neurones. Moreover, copper increases the release of PrPC into the culture medium. These results indicate that extracellular copper strongly affects the amount of cellular PrP and might represent an interesting strategy to decrease the expression of PrPC in neurones and its conversion in the pathological isoform PrPSc.
Channels formed with a mutant prion protein PrP homologous to a 7-kDa fragment in diseased brain of GSS patients 2008
Prion protein recruits its neuronal receptor NCAM to lipid rafts to activate p59fyn and to enhance neurite outgrowth 2005
Abstract: In spite of advances in understanding the role of the cellular prion protein (PrP) in neural cell interactions, the mechanisms of PrP function remain poorly characterized. We show that PrP interacts directly with the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) and associates with NCAM at the neuronal cell surface. Both cis and trans interactions between NCAM at the neuronal surface and PrP promote recruitment of NCAM to lipid rafts and thereby regulate activation of fyn kinase, an enzyme involved in NCAM-mediated signaling. Cis and trans interactions between NCAM and PrP promote neurite outgrowth. When these interactions are disrupted in NCAM-deficient and PrP-deficient neurons or by PrP antibodies, NCAM/PrP-dependent neurite outgrowth is arrested, indicating that PrP is involved in nervous system development cooperating with NCAM as a signaling receptor.
Prion Protein Regulates Glutamate-Dependent Lactate Transport of Astrocytes 2007
Prion-related protein (PrP) is a neural cell adhesion molecule involved in neurite outgrowth, neuronal survival, and synaptic function. In search of novel binding partners for PrP, we identified the {alpha}2/ß2-Na+/K+-ATPase and showed that this astroglial ATPase interacts directly with the immunoglobulin superfamily adhesion molecule basigin. In cultured astrocytes, PrP is involved in regulating lactate transport via the astroglial monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) and in conjunction with {alpha}2/ß2-ATPase and basigin. Lactate transport via MCT1 is glutamate dependent and regulated by glutamate receptor 2 (GluR2)-containing AMPA receptors with which PrP interacts. The functional interplay between PrP, GluR2, {alpha}2/ß2-ATPase, basigin, and MCT1 in regulating lactate transport of astrocytes may be functional in the metabolic cross talk between astrocytes and neurons, most likely under stress.