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Susan Lindquist

Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Publications -  443
Citations -  86482

Susan Lindquist is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heat shock protein & Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The author has an hindex of 147, co-authored 440 publications receiving 81067 citations. Previous affiliations of Susan Lindquist include University of Illinois at Chicago & Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Motor Mechanism for Protein Threading through Hsp104

TL;DR: The authors' cryoelectron microscopy maps of Hsp104 hexamers reveal substantial domain movements upon ATP binding and hydrolysis in the first nucleotide-binding domain (NBD1), enabling a clockwise handover of substrate in the NBD1 ring and coordinated substrate binding between NBD 1 and NBD2.
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Unraveling Infectious Structures, Strain Variants and Species Barriers for the Yeast Prion [PSI+]

TL;DR: This Perspective highlights recent studies of the yeast prion [PSI+], using various biochemical and structural methods, that have begun to illuminate the molecular mechanisms by which self-perpetuating prions encipher such biological activities.
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Subunit interactions influence the biochemical and biological properties of Hsp104.

TL;DR: Interactions between subunits influence the ATPase activity of Hsp104, play a vital role in its biological functions, and provide a mechanism for conditionally inactivating Hsp 104 function in vivo.
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An Evolutionarily Conserved Prion-like Element Converts Wild Fungi from Metabolic Specialists to Generalists

TL;DR: It is reported that de novo rates of [GAR(+)] appearance correlate with the yeast's ecological niche and is a broadly conserved adaptive strategy that links environmental and social cues to heritable changes in metabolism.