Intrinsically disordered protein regions and phase separation: sequence determinants of assembly or lack thereof.

EW Martin, AS Holehouse - Emerging topics in life sciences, 2020 - europepmc.org
Intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs)-regions that do not fold into a fixed three-
dimensional structure but instead exist in a heterogeneous ensemble of conformations-have …

Principles and functions of metabolic compartmentalization

L Bar-Peled, N Kory - Nature metabolism, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolism has historically been studied at the levels of whole cells, whole tissues and
whole organisms. As a result, our understanding of how compartmentalization—the spatial …

A multi-step nucleation process determines the kinetics of prion-like domain phase separation

EW Martin, TS Harmon, JB Hopkins… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Compartmentalization by liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) has emerged as a
ubiquitous mechanism underlying the organization of biomolecules in space and time. Here …

Selective activation of PFKL suppresses the phagocytic oxidative burst

N Amara, MP Cooper, MA Voronkova, BA Webb… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
In neutrophils, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) generated via the
pentose phosphate pathway fuels NADPH oxidase NOX2 to produce reactive oxygen …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid-liquid phase separation as a common organizing principle of intracellular space and biomembranes providing dynamic adaptive responses

SV Nesterov, NS Ilyinsky, VN Uversky - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work is devoted to the phenomenon of liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), which has
come to be recognized as fundamental organizing principle of living cells. We distinguish …

Fructose 2, 6-bisphosphate in cancer cell metabolism

R Bartrons, H Simon-Molas, A Rodríguez-García… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
For a long time, pioneers in the field of cancer cell metabolism, such as Otto Warburg, have
focused on the idea that tumor cells maintain high glycolytic rates even with adequate …

Structures, functions, and mechanisms of filament forming enzymes: a renaissance of enzyme filamentation

CK Park, NC Horton - Biophysical reviews, 2019 - Springer
Filament formation by non-cytoskeletal enzymes has been known for decades, yet only
relatively recently has its wide-spread role in enzyme regulation and biology come to be …

Therapeutics—how to treat phase separation-associated diseases

RJ Wheeler - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation has drawn attention as many neurodegeneration or cancer-
associated proteins are able to form liquid membraneless compartments (condensates) by …

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 …

Compartmentalization and metabolic regulation of glycolysis

GG Fuller, JK Kim - Journal of cell science, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Hypoxia inhibits the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and leaves glycolysis as the primary
metabolic pathway responsible for converting glucose into usable energy. However, the …