Modulation of intrinsically disordered protein function by post-translational modifications

A Bah, JD Forman-Kay - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) produce significant changes in the structural
properties of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) by affecting their energy landscapes …

How phosphorylation impacts intrinsically disordered proteins and their function

EA Newcombe, E Delaforge… - Essays in …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Phosphorylation is the most common post-translational modification (PTM) in eukaryotes,
occurring particularly frequently in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). These proteins …

Negatively charged, intrinsically disordered regions can accelerate target search by DNA-binding proteins

X Wang, LS Bigman, HM Greenblatt, B Yu… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In eukaryotes, many DNA/RNA-binding proteins possess intrinsically disordered regions
(IDRs) with large negative charge, some of which involve a consecutive sequence of …

[HTML][HTML] Fuzzy complexes: Specific binding without complete folding

R Sharma, Z Raduly, M Miskei, M Fuxreiter - FEBS letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Specific molecular recognition is assumed to require a well-defined set of contacts and
devoid of conformational and interaction ambiguities. Growing experimental evidence …

Temperature, hydrostatic pressure, and osmolyte effects on liquid–liquid phase separation in protein condensates: physical chemistry and biological implications

H Cinar, Z Fetahaj, S Cinar, RM Vernon… - … A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of proteins and other biomolecules play a critical role
in the organization of extracellular materials and membrane‐less compartmentalization of …

Eukaryotic transcription factors: paradigms of protein intrinsic disorder

L Staby, C O'Shea, M Willemoës, F Theisen… - Biochemical …, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Gene-specific transcription factors (TFs) are key regulatory components of signaling
pathways, controlling, for example, cell growth, development, and stress responses. Their …

Coarse-grained residue-based models of disordered protein condensates: utility and limitations of simple charge pattern parameters

S Das, AN Amin, YH Lin, HS Chan - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomolecular condensates undergirded by phase separations of proteins and nucleic acids
serve crucial biological functions. To gain physical insights into their genetic basis, we study …

Complex regulatory mechanisms mediated by the interplay of multiple post-translational modifications

V Csizmok, JD Forman-Kay - Current opinion in structural biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Multiple PTMs can coordinately determine a functional outcome.•Functional
consequences depend on the effects, number, positioning and type of PTMs.•PTM interplay …

Charge pattern matching as a 'fuzzy'mode of molecular recognition for the functional phase separations of intrinsically disordered proteins

YH Lin, JP Brady, JD Forman-Kay… - New Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Biologically functional liquid–liquid phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins
(IDPs) is driven by interactions encoded by their amino acid sequences. Little is currently …

Connecting sequence features within the disordered C-terminal linker of Bacillus subtilis FtsZ to functions and bacterial cell division

MK Shinn, MC Cohan, JL Bullock… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) can function as autoregulators of folded enzymes to
which they are tethered. One example is the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ. This includes …