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If you have a question about this talk, please contact Scientific Meetings Co-ordinator. The formation of aggregates by misfolded proteins is thought to be inherently toxic, affecting thus cell fitness. This observation has lead to the suggestion that selection against protein aggregation might be a major constraint on protein evolution. The precise fitness cost associated to protein aggregation has been traditionally difficult to evaluate. Moreover, it is not known if the deleterious effect of aggregates in cell physiology is generic or depends on the specific structural features of the protein deposit. In bacteria, the accumulation of intracellular protein aggregates reduces cell reproductive ability, promoting therefore cellular aging. Here we exploit the cell division defects promoted by the intracellular aggregation of the Alzheimer’s Aβ peptide in bacteria to demonstrate that the fitness cost associated to protein misfolding and aggregation are connected to the protein sequence, which controls both the in vivo aggregation rates and the conformational properties of the aggregates. We also show that the deleterious impact of protein aggregation in bacterial division can be buffered by molecular chaperones, likely broadening the sequential space on which natural selection can act. Overall, the results in the present work have potential implications for the evolution of proteins and provide a robust system in which to experimentally model and quantify the impact of protein aggregation on cell fitness. This talk is part of the MRC LMB Seminar Series series. This talk is included in these lists:
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