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 …

Targeting biomolecular condensation and protein aggregation against cancer

JL Silva, D Foguel, VF Ferreira, TCRG Vieira… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates, membrane-less entities arising from liquid–liquid phase
separation, hold dichotomous roles in health and disease. Alongside their physiological …

Liquid-liquid phase separation of TDP-43 and FUS in physiology and pathology of neurodegenerative diseases

JL Carey, L Guo - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Liquid-liquid phase separation of RNA-binding proteins mediates the formation of numerous
membraneless organelles with essential cellular function. However, aberrant phase …

The interface of condensates of the hnRNPA1 low-complexity domain promotes formation of amyloid fibrils

M Linsenmeier, L Faltova, C Morelli… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The maturation of liquid-like protein condensates into amyloid fibrils has been associated
with several neurodegenerative diseases. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying …

Phase separation and molecular ordering of the prion-like domain of the Arabidopsis thermosensory protein EARLY FLOWERING 3

S Hutin, JR Kumita, VI Strotmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is an important mechanism enabling the dynamic
compartmentalization of macromolecules, including complex polymers such as proteins and …

Disrupting pathologic phase transitions in neurodegeneration

BT Hurtle, L Xie, CJ Donnelly - The Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Solid-like protein deposits found in aged and diseased human brains have revealed a
relationship between insoluble protein accumulations and the resulting deficits in neurologic …

Phase separations in oncogenesis, tumor progressions and metastasis: a glance from hallmarks of cancer

LW Zheng, CC Liu, KD Yu - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a novel principle for interpreting precise
spatiotemporal coordination in living cells through biomolecular condensate (BMC) …

Transient disorder along pathways to amyloid

GJ Morgan - Biophysical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
High-resolution structures of amyloid fibrils formed from normally-folded proteins have
revealed non-native conformations of the polypeptide chains. Attaining these conformations …

An interpretable machine-learning algorithm to predict disordered protein phase separation based on biophysical interactions

H Cai, RM Vernon, JD Forman-Kay - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Protein phase separation is increasingly understood to be an important mechanism of
biological organization and biomaterial formation. Intrinsically disordered protein regions …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation of FG-nucleoporins in nuclear pore complexes

N Nag, S Sasidharan, VN Uversky, P Saudagar… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
The nuclear envelope (NE) is a bilayer membrane that separates and physically isolates the
genetic material from the cytoplasm. Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are cylindrical …