ジャーナル: Nat Struct Mol Biol / 年: 2018 タイトル: Sub-ångström cryo-EM structure of a prion protofibril reveals a polar clasp. 著者: Marcus Gallagher-Jones / Calina Glynn / David R Boyer / Michael W Martynowycz / Evelyn Hernandez / Jennifer Miao / Chih-Te Zee / Irina V Novikova / Lukasz Goldschmidt / Heather T McFarlane / ...著者: Marcus Gallagher-Jones / Calina Glynn / David R Boyer / Michael W Martynowycz / Evelyn Hernandez / Jennifer Miao / Chih-Te Zee / Irina V Novikova / Lukasz Goldschmidt / Heather T McFarlane / Gustavo F Helguera / James E Evans / Michael R Sawaya / Duilio Cascio / David S Eisenberg / Tamir Gonen / Jose A Rodriguez / 要旨: The atomic structure of the infectious, protease-resistant, β-sheet-rich and fibrillar mammalian prion remains unknown. Through the cryo-EM method MicroED, we reveal the sub-ångström-resolution ...The atomic structure of the infectious, protease-resistant, β-sheet-rich and fibrillar mammalian prion remains unknown. Through the cryo-EM method MicroED, we reveal the sub-ångström-resolution structure of a protofibril formed by a wild-type segment from the β2-α2 loop of the bank vole prion protein. The structure of this protofibril reveals a stabilizing network of hydrogen bonds that link polar zippers within a sheet, producing motifs we have named 'polar clasps'.