Biomolecular condensates at the nexus of cellular stress, protein aggregation disease and ageing

S Alberti, AA Hyman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless intracellular assemblies that often form via
liquid− liquid phase separation and have the ability to concentrate biopolymers. Research …

Biomolecular condensates in neurodegeneration and cancer

S Spannl, M Tereshchenko, GJ Mastromarco, SJ Ihn… - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular environment is partitioned into functionally distinct compartments
containing specific sets of molecules and reactions. Biomolecular condensates, also …

Molecular and environmental determinants of biomolecular condensate formation

JA Villegas, M Heidenreich, ED Levy - Nature chemical biology, 2022 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensate formation has been implicated in a host of biological processes
and has found relevance in biology and disease. Understanding the physical principles and …

Protein aggregation and disaggregation in cells and development

JS Fassler, S Skuodas, DL Weeks… - Journal of molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein aggregation is a feature of numerous neurodegenerative diseases. However,
regulated, often reversible, formation of protein aggregates, also known as condensates …

Phase separation, transition, and autophagic degradation of proteins in development and pathogenesis

Z Wang, H Zhang - Trends in cell biology, 2019 - cell.com
Phase separation and transition control the assembly and material states (liquid, gel like, or
solid) of protein condensates to ensure that distinct cellular functions occur in a …

Conformational dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins regulate biomolecular condensate chemistry

A Abyzov, M Blackledge, M Zweckstetter - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Motions in biomolecules are critical for biochemical reactions. In cells, many biochemical
reactions are executed inside of biomolecular condensates formed by ultradynamic …

Modulating biomolecular condensates: a novel approach to drug discovery

DM Mitrea, M Mittasch, BF Gomes, IA Klein… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, membraneless assemblies known as biomolecular condensates have
been reported to play key roles in many cellular functions by compartmentalizing specific …

Liquid phase condensation in cell physiology and disease

Y Shin, CP Brangwynne - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Living cells contain distinct subcompartments to facilitate spatiotemporal
regulation of biological reactions. In addition to canonical membrane-bound organelles such …

Kinetic interplay between droplet maturation and coalescence modulates shape of aged protein condensates

A Garaizar, JR Espinosa, JA Joseph… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates formed by the process of liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS)
play diverse roles inside cells, from spatiotemporal compartmentalisation to speeding up …

Protein condensation diseases: therapeutic opportunities

M Vendruscolo, M Fuxreiter - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Condensed states of proteins, including liquid-like membraneless organelles and solid-like
aggregates, contribute in fundamental ways to the organisation and function of the cell …