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The H187R mutation of the human prion protein induces conversion of recombinant prion protein to the PrP(Sc)-like form.

Abstract：

:Prion diseases are associated with a conformational switch in the prion protein (PrP) from its normal cellular form (denoted PrP(C)) to a disease-associated "scrapie" form (PrP(Sc)). A number of PrP(Sc)-like conformations can be generated by incubating recombinant PrP(C) at low pH, indicating that protonation of key residues is likely to destabilize PrP(C), facilitating its conversion to PrP(Sc). Here, we examine the stability of human PrP(C) with pH and find that PrP(C) fold stability is significantly reduced by the protonation of two histidine residues, His187 and His155. Mutation of His187 to an arginine, which imposes a permanently positively charged residue in this region of the protein, has a dramatic effect on the folding of PrP(C), resulting in a molecule that displays a markedly increased propensity to oligomerize. The oligomeric form is characterized by an increased β-sheet content, loss of fixed side chain interactions, and partial proteinase resistance. Hence, the protonation state of H187 appears to be crucial in determining the conformation of PrP; the unprotonated form favors native PrP(C), while the protonated form favors PrP(Sc)-like conformations. These results are relevant to the pathogenic H187R mutation found in humans, which is associated with an inherited prion disease [also termed Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) syndrome] with unusual features such as childhood neuropsychiatric illness. Our data imply that the intrinsic instability of the PrP(C) conformation in this variant is caused by a positive charge at this site in the protein. This mutation is distinct from all those associated with GSS, which have much more subtle physical consequences. The degree of instability might be the cause of the unusually early onset of mental disturbance in affected individuals.

journal_name

Biochemistry

journal_title

Biochemistry

authors

Hosszu LL,Tattum MH,Jones S,Trevitt CR,Wells MA,Waltho JP,Collinge J,Jackson GS,Clarke AR

doi

10.1021/bi100572j

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-10-12 00:00:00

pages

8729-38

issue

eissn

0006-2960

issn

1520-4995

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The H187R mutation of the human prion protein induces conversion of recombinant prion protein to the PrP(Sc)-like form.