Talk:Fungal prion

Syntax error or terminology?

Hello, is the "[PSI+]" (including the brackets) a typo and should be a wikilink, or is it how it is actually written? If it is how it is actually written, I have to reverse a bit of copyediting... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyrsjo (talk • contribs) 11:38, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Hmm, I checked the references in the epigenetics article, and both "psi+", "[psi+]", and "[psi$^+$]" appears to be used. But the article body should probably be consistent? Kyrsjo (talk) 12:54, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The correct nomenclature is square bracket capital italic PSI superscript + close square bracket. AAAMark (talk) 21:39, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Expanding The Article

I think should include the criteria for fungal prions:

• Two distinct conformational states which implies that both states are encoded in the genetical information for the peptide, but that formation of the prion from the protein is due to environmental factors.
• Non-mendelian inheritance
• Curable (either overexpression or deletion of Hsp104, and/or exposure to Guanidium Hydrochloride)

If no one disagrees, I'd like to add a couple sections: one dedicated to the [PSI+] prion (including the phenomenon of strains); and another about prion candidates (possibly including the criteria for a fungal prion).

Also, I was thinking of turning Fungal Prions article into a redirect to this, if nobody objects.

Morwan 21:41, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Prion peer review

I've nominated the prion article for peer review, any comments welcome here! --Purple 03:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

yeast prions (disambiguation)?

Hi, I'm the one that redirected "yeast prions" to this article. I don't think there should be a stand alone article for "yeast prions", because yeast prion is a subset of fungal prion, and all prions mentioned in this article but HET-S are prions of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. If one wants to differentiate yeast prions from fungal prions, then (1) this article will need to explain fungal prions from a broader perspective, like evolution of the prion concept, and (2) the yeast prion article will explain more in-depth nature of yeast prions, like yeast prion definition by Reed Wickner, prion domains, biophysics of fibrils, chaperone system centered at Hsp104, biomedical implications as a model organism, etc. The following reviews might be good sources:

• Benkemoun L, Saupe SJ. Prion proteins as genetic material in fungi Fungal Genet Biol. 2006 Dec;43(12):789-803.
• Wickner RB, Edskes HK, Shewmaker F, Nakayashiki T, Engel A, McCann L, Kryndushkin D. Yeast prions: evolution of the prion concept. Prion. 2007 Apr;1(2):94-100.

And also, shouldn't the title be singular?--Occhanikov (talk) 18:44, 13 April 2010 (UTC)