Amyloid formation as a protein phase transition

TCT Michaels, D Qian, A Šarić, M Vendruscolo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The formation of amyloid fibrils is a general class of protein self-assembly behaviour, which
is associated with both functional biology and the development of a number of disorders …

Perspective: Advances, challenges, and insight for predictive coarse-grained models

WG Noid - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
By averaging over atomic details, coarse-grained (CG) models provide profound
computational and conceptual advantages for studying soft materials. In particular, bottom …

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 …

A new phase of networking: the molecular composition and regulatory dynamics of mammalian stress granules

SR Millar, JQ Huang, KJ Schreiber, YC Tsai… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stress granules (SGs) are cytosolic biomolecular condensates that form in response to
cellular stress. Weak, multivalent interactions between their protein and RNA constituents …

Comparative roles of charge, π, and hydrophobic interactions in sequence-dependent phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins

S Das, YH Lin, RM Vernon… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Endeavoring toward a transferable, predictive coarse-grained explicit-chain model for
biomolecular condensates underlain by liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of proteins …

Liquid network connectivity regulates the stability and composition of biomolecular condensates with many components

JR Espinosa, JA Joseph… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
One of the key mechanisms used by cells to control the spatiotemporal organization of their
many components is the formation and dissolution of biomolecular condensates through …

Nucleated transcriptional condensates amplify gene expression

MT Wei, YC Chang, SF Shimobayashi, Y Shin… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Membraneless organelles or condensates form through liquid–liquid phase separation,,–,
which is thought to underlie gene transcription through condensation of the large-scale …

Clustering of aromatic residues in prion-like domains can tune the formation, state, and organization of biomolecular condensates: published as part of the …

AS Holehouse, GM Ginell, D Griffith, E Boke - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
In immature oocytes, Balbiani bodies are conserved membraneless condensates implicated
in oocyte polarization, the organization of mitochondria, and long-term organelle and RNA …

Thermodynamic forces from protein and water govern condensate formation of an intrinsically disordered protein domain

S Mukherjee, LV Schäfer - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) can drive a multitude of cellular processes by
compartmentalizing biological cells via the formation of dense liquid biomolecular …

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 …