Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are fatal neurodegenerative disorders on a disease spectrum that are characterized by the …
B Szała-Mendyk, TM Phan, P Mohanty… - Current opinion in chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract “Membraneless organelles,” also referred to as biomolecular condensates, perform a variety of cellular functions and their dysregulation is implicated in cancer and …
Cytoplasmic mislocalization of the TAR-DNA binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) leads to large, insoluble aggregates that are a hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and …
Cellular organization is determined by a combination of membrane-bound and membrane- less biomolecular assemblies that range from clusters of tens of molecules to micrometer …
K Gaweda-Walerych, EJ Sitek, E Narożańska, E Buratti - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parkin and PINK1 are key regulators of mitophagy, an autophagic pathway for selective elimination of dysfunctional mitochondria. To this date, parkin depletion has been …
The transactivation response‐DNA binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP‐43) is an aggregation‐ prone nucleic acid‐binding protein linked to the etiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis …
C Morelli, L Faltova, U Capasso Palmiero… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Several RNA binding proteins involved in membraneless organelles can form pathological amyloids associated with neurodegenerative diseases, but the mechanisms of how this …
AA Doke, SK Jha - Biophysical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
TDP-43 is a nucleic acid-binding protein that performs physiologically essential functions and is known to undergo phase separation and aggregation during stress. Initial …
Mutations in TDP-43, a RNA-binding protein with multiple functions in RNA metabolism, cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but it is uncertain how defects in RNA biology …