Table 1.
Biochemical process | Gene product exhibiting prion-like behavior | Species/cell line | Reference |
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Long-term memory formation | CPEB3 | M. musculus | [26] |
Orb2 | D. melanogaster | [25] | |
CPEB4 | X. laevis | [27] | |
Antiviral signaling | MAVS | HEK293T (H. sapiens) | [28] |
Stress granule formation | TIA-1/Sup35 | COS-7 (C. aethiops); S. cerevisiae | [30,31] |
Transcription termination | Rho | E. coli | [32] |
Heterokaryon incompatibility | HET-s (HET-s/HET-S) | P. anserina | [33] |
Translation termination | SUP35 ([PSI+]) | S. cerevisiae | [34] |
Pyrimidine biosynthesis | URE2 ([URE3+]) | S. cerevisiae | [35] |
Chromatin remodeling | Swi1 ([SWI+]) | S. cerevisiae | [36] |
Mating; carbon metabolism; stress response | Mot3 ([MOT3+]) | S. cerevisiae | [37] |
Sterol biosynthesis | Mod5 ([MOD+]) | S. cerevisiae | [38] |
Carbon metabolism | Various ([GAR+]) | S. cerevisiae | [39] |
Prion formation | New1 ([PIN+]) | S. cerevisiae | [40] |
Prion formation | Rnq1 ([PIN+]) | S. cerevisiae | [41] |