16 January 2015

Prions as novel epigenetic determinants in fungi

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SCI's Biotechnology Group in conjunction with the University of Westminster

University of Westminster

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Synopsis

The seminar will describe prions, an unsual class of 'protein-only' genetic element first described in relation to various brain degenerative diseases of animals, but subsequently discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Prions provide the ability to modulate a protein's function in a reversible manner without the immediate need to fix changes in the DNA sequence that encodes that protein. The discovery of prions in yeast has raised the intriguing possibility that in fungi they can act as a novel 'epigenetic' elements to modulate cell form an function rather then disease causing as is the case with mammalian prions. Various aspects of the biology of yeast prions will be discussed including how they are generated de novo and propagated in cells.

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University of Westminster, School of Life Sciences, 115 New Cavendish Street London W1W 6UW

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Speaker

Professor Mick Tuite, Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent