The molecular basis for cellular function of intrinsically disordered protein regions

AS Holehouse, BB Kragelund - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered protein regions exist in a collection of dynamic interconverting
conformations that lack a stable 3D structure. These regions are structurally heterogeneous …

Tutorial: a guide for the selection of fast and accurate computational tools for the prediction of intrinsic disorder in proteins

L Kurgan, G Hu, K Wang, S Ghadermarzi, B Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Intrinsic disorder is instrumental for a wide range of protein functions, and its analysis, using
computational predictions from primary structures, complements secondary and tertiary …

[PDF][PDF] Functional partitioning of transcriptional regulators by patterned charge blocks

H Lyons, RT Veettil, P Pradhan, C Fornero… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Components of transcriptional machinery are selectively partitioned into specific
condensates, often mediated by protein disorder, yet we know little about how this specificity …

OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization

NH Cho, KC Cheveralls, AD Brunner, K Kim… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Elucidating the wiring diagram of the human cell is a central goal of the postgenomic era.
We combined genome engineering, confocal live-cell imaging, mass spectrometry, and data …

Transcription factors interact with RNA to regulate genes

O Oksuz, JE Henninger, R Warneford-Thomson… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) orchestrate the gene expression programs that define each cell's
identity. The canonical TF accomplishes this with two domains, one that binds specific DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Aberrant phase separation and nucleolar dysfunction in rare genetic diseases

MA Mensah, H Niskanen, AP Magalhaes, S Basu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Thousands of genetic variants in protein-coding genes have been linked to disease.
However, the functional impact of most variants is unknown as they occur within intrinsically …

Systematic identification of conditionally folded intrinsically disordered regions by AlphaFold2

TR Alderson, I Pritišanac, Đ Kolarić… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The AlphaFold Protein Structure Database contains predicted structures for millions of
proteins. For the majority of human proteins that contain intrinsically disordered regions …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic variation associated with condensate dysregulation in disease

SF Banani, LK Afeyan, SW Hawken, JE Henninger… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
A multitude of cellular processes involve biomolecular condensates, which has led to the
suggestion that diverse pathogenic mutations may dysregulate condensates. Although proof …

Rapid prediction and analysis of protein intrinsic disorder

GW Dayhoff, VN Uversky - Protein Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Protein intrinsic disorder is found in all kingdoms of life and is known to underpin numerous
physiological and pathological processes. Computational methods play an important role in …

Clustering of aromatic residues in prion-like domains can tune the formation, state, and organization of biomolecular condensates: published as part of the …

AS Holehouse, GM Ginell, D Griffith, E Boke - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
In immature oocytes, Balbiani bodies are conserved membraneless condensates implicated
in oocyte polarization, the organization of mitochondria, and long-term organelle and RNA …