Karyopherin-mediated nucleocytoplasmic transport

CE Wing, HYJ Fung, YM Chook - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Efficient and regulated nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of macromolecules to the correct
subcellular compartment is critical for proper functions of the eukaryotic cell. The majority of …

[HTML][HTML] Arginine methylation: the coming of age

RS Blanc, S Richard - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Arginine methylation is a common post-translational modification functioning as an
epigenetic regulator of transcription and playing key roles in pre-mRNA splicing, DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation of FUS is suppressed by its nuclear import receptor and arginine methylation

M Hofweber, S Hutten, B Bourgeois, E Spreitzer… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Cytoplasmic FUS aggregates are a pathological hallmark in a subset of patients with
frontotemporal dementia (FTD) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A key step that is …

Friend or foe—Post-translational modifications as regulators of phase separation and RNP granule dynamics

M Hofweber, D Dormann - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are membrane-less organelles consisting of RNA-
binding proteins (RBPs) and RNA. RNA granules form through liquid–liquid phase …

Liquid–liquid phase separation in disease

S Alberti, D Dormann - Annual review of genetics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
We have made rapid progress in recent years in identifying the genetic causes of many
human diseases. However, despite this recent progress, our mechanistic understanding of …

An update on blood-based biomarkers for non-Alzheimer neurodegenerative disorders

NJ Ashton, A Hye, AP Rajkumar, A Leuzy… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Cerebrospinal fluid analyses and neuroimaging can identify the underlying pathophysiology
at the earliest stage of some neurodegenerative disorders, but do not have the scalability …

Disruption of RNA metabolism in neurological diseases and emerging therapeutic interventions

JK Nussbacher, R Tabet, GW Yeo, C Lagier-Tourenne - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
RNA binding proteins are critical to the maintenance of the transcriptome via controlled
regulation of RNA processing and transport. Alterations of these proteins impact multiple …

Nuclear import receptors directly bind to arginine-rich dipeptide repeat proteins and suppress their pathological interactions

S Hutten, S Usluer, B Bourgeois, F Simonetti, HM Odeh… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Nuclear import receptors, also called importins, mediate nuclear import of proteins and
chaperone aggregation-prone cargoes (eg, neurodegeneration-linked RNA-binding …

TDP‐43 and FUS en route from the nucleus to the cytoplasm

H Ederle, D Dormann - FEBS letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Misfolded or mislocalized RNA‐binding proteins (RBP s) and, consequently, altered mRNA
processing, can cause neuronal dysfunction, eventually leading to neurodegeneration. Two …

Cellular consequences of arginine methylation

BM Lorton, D Shechter - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Arginine methylation is a ubiquitous post-translational modification. Three predominant
types of arginine-guanidino methylation occur in Eukarya: mono (Rme1/MMA), symmetric …