Liquid–liquid phase separation in tumor biology

X Tong, R Tang, J Xu, W Wang, Y Zhao, X Yu… - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a novel principle for explaining the precise spatial
and temporal regulation in living cells. LLPS compartmentalizes proteins and nucleic acids …

The regulation, functions and clinical relevance of arginine methylation

E Guccione, S Richard - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Methylation of arginine residues by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) is involved
in the regulation of fundamental cellular processes, including transcription, RNA processing …

TDP-43 forms amyloid filaments with a distinct fold in type A FTLD-TDP

D Arseni, R Chen, AG Murzin, SY Peak-Chew… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The abnormal assembly of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) in neuronal and glial cells
characterizes nearly all cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and around half of …

Neutrophil extracellular traps released by neutrophils impair revascularization and vascular remodeling after stroke

L Kang, H Yu, X Yang, Y Zhu, X Bai, R Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Neovascularization and vascular remodeling are functionally important for brain repair after
stroke. We show that neutrophils accumulate in the peri-infarct cortex during all stages of …

How do intrinsically disordered protein regions encode a driving force for liquid–liquid phase separation?

W Borcherds, A Bremer, MB Borgia, T Mittag - Current opinion in structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Not all IDRs undergo liquid–liquid phase separation.•IDRs are not necessary for
protein phase separation.•A stickers-and-spacers framework helps conceptualizing IDR …

[HTML][HTML] The control centers of biomolecular phase separation: how membrane surfaces, PTMs, and active processes regulate condensation

WT Snead, AS Gladfelter - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensation is emerging as an essential process for cellular
compartmentalization. The formation of biomolecular condensates can be driven by liquid …

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 …

RGG/RG motif regions in RNA binding and phase separation

PA Chong, RM Vernon, JD Forman-Kay - Journal of molecular biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract RGG/RG motifs are RNA binding segments found in many proteins that can partition
into membraneless organelles. They occur in the context of low-complexity disordered …

The role of post-translational modifications in the phase transitions of intrinsically disordered proteins

I Owen, F Shewmaker - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Advances in genomics and proteomics have revealed eukaryotic proteomes to be highly
abundant in intrinsically disordered proteins that are susceptible to diverse post-translational …

Arginine-enriched mixed-charge domains provide cohesion for nuclear speckle condensation

JA Greig, TA Nguyen, M Lee, AS Holehouse, AE Posey… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Low-complexity protein domains promote the formation of various biomolecular
condensates. However, in many cases, the precise sequence features governing …