Yeasts have been used for thousands of years to make fermented foods and beverages,
such as beer, wine, sake, and bread. However, the choice for a particular yeast strain or …

The concept of a prion as an infectious self-propagating protein isoform was initially
proposed to explain certain mammalian diseases. It is now clear that yeast also has …

The traditional view of protein aggregation as being strictly disease-related has been
challenged by many examples of cellular aggregates that regulate beneficial biological …

Active accumulation of the data on new amyloids continuing nowadays dissolves
boundaries of the term “amyloid”. Currently, it is most often used to designate aggregates …

The concept of" protein-based inheritance" defines prions as epigenetic determinants that
cause several heritable traits in eukaryotic microorganisms, such as Saccharomyces …

Amyloids are unbranched protein fibrils with a characteristic spatial structure. Although the
amyloids were first described as protein deposits that are associated with the diseases …

The term “amyloids” refers to fibrillar protein aggregates with cross-ß structure. They have
been a subject of intense scrutiny since the middle of the previous century. First, this interest …

Yeast prions are atypical genetic elements that are transmitted as heritable protein
conformations.[PSI+],[URE3], and [PIN+] are three well-studied prions in the budding yeast …

Amyloids are protein aggregates consisting of fibrils rich in β-sheets. Growth of amyloid
fibrils occurs by the addition of protein molecules to the tip of an aggregate with a concurrent …

Prions are proteins that convert between structurally and functionally distinct states, at least
one of which is self-perpetuating. The prion fold templates the conversion of native protein …