Disentangling the complexity of low complexity proteins

P Mier, L Paladin, S Tamana, S Petrosian… - Briefings in …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
There are multiple definitions for low complexity regions (LCRs) in protein sequences, with
all of them broadly considering LCRs as regions with fewer amino acid types compared to …

Bioinformatical approaches to characterize intrinsically disordered/unstructured proteins

Z Dosztányi, B Mészáros, I Simon - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Intrinsically disordered/unstructured proteins exist without a stable three-dimensional (3D)
structure as highly flexible conformational ensembles. The available genome sequences …

MFIB 2.0: a major update of the database of protein complexes formed by mutual folding of the constituting protein chains

E Fichó, R Pancsa, C Magyar, ZE Kalman… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
While the majority of proteins with available structures are able to fold independently and
mediate interactions only after acquiring their folded state, a subset of the known protein …

Local and macroscopic electrostatic interactions in single α-helices

EG Baker, GJ Bartlett, MP Crump, RB Sessions… - Nature chemical …, 2015 - nature.com
The noncovalent forces that stabilize protein structures are not fully understood. One way to
address this is to study equilibria between unfolded states and α-helices in peptides …

Myosin VI: an innovative motor that challenged the swinging lever arm hypothesis

JA Spudich, S Sivaramakrishnan - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2010 - nature.com
The swinging crossbridge hypothesis states that energy from ATP hydrolysis is transduced
to mechanical movement of the myosin head while bound to actin. The light chain-binding …

PlaToLoCo: the first web meta-server for visualization and annotation of low complexity regions in proteins

P Jarnot, J Ziemska-Legiecka, L Dobson… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Low complexity regions (LCRs) in protein sequences are characterized by a less diverse
amino acid composition compared to typically observed sequence diversity. Recent studies …

Quantifying charge state heterogeneity for proteins with multiple ionizable residues

MJ Fossat, AE Posey, RV Pappu - Biophysical Journal, 2021 - cell.com
Ionizable residues can release and take up protons and this has an influence on protein
structure and function. The extent of protonation is linked to the overall pH of the solution …

Waggawagga: comparative visualization of coiled-coil predictions and detection of stable single α-helices (SAH domains)

D Simm, K Hatje, M Kollmar - Bioinformatics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Waggawagga is a web-based tool for the comparative visualization of coiled-coil predictions
and the detection of stable single α-helices (SAH domains). Overview schemes show the …

The inner centromere protein (INCENP) coil is a single α-helix (SAH) domain that binds directly to microtubules and is important for chromosome passenger complex …

K Samejima, M Platani, M Wolny, H Ogawa… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
The chromosome passenger complex (CPC) is a master regulator of mitosis. Inner
centromere protein (INCENP) acts as a scaffold regulating CPC localization and activity …

Human tRNAs with inosine 34 are essential to efficiently translate eukarya-specific low-complexity proteins

AG Torres, M Rodríguez-Escribà… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The modification of adenosine to inosine at the wobble position (I34) of tRNA anticodons is
an abundant and essential feature of eukaryotic tRNAs. The expansion of inosine-containing …