Learning the chemical grammar of biomolecular condensates

HR Kilgore, RA Young - Nature chemical biology, 2022 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates compartmentalize and regulate assemblies of biomolecules
engaged in vital physiological processes in cells. Specific proteins and nucleic acids …

Minimum information guidelines for experiments structurally characterizing intrinsically disordered protein regions

B Mészáros, A Hatos, N Palopoli, F Quaglia… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
An unambiguous description of an experiment, and the subsequent biological observation,
is vital for accurate data interpretation. Minimum information guidelines define the …

Phase separation of protein mixtures is driven by the interplay of homotypic and heterotypic interactions

M Farag, WM Borcherds, A Bremer, T Mittag… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Prion-like low-complexity domains (PLCDs) are involved in the formation and regulation of
distinct biomolecular condensates that form via phase separation coupled to percolation …

Uncovering non-random binary patterns within sequences of intrinsically disordered proteins

MC Cohan, MK Shinn, JM Lalmansingh… - Journal of molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sequence-ensemble relationships of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are governed
by binary patterns such as the linear clustering or mixing of specific residues or residue …

How glutamate promotes liquid-liquid phase separation and DNA binding cooperativity of E. coli SSB protein

AG Kozlov, X Cheng, H Zhang, MK Shinn… - Journal of molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
E. coli single-stranded-DNA binding protein (EcSSB) displays nearest-neighbor (NN) and
non-nearest-neighbor (NNN)) cooperativity in binding ssDNA during genome maintenance …

An introduction to the stickers-and-spacers framework as applied to biomolecular condensates

GM Ginell, AS Holehouse - Phase-Separated Biomolecular Condensates …, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Structural basis of huntingtin fibril polymorphism revealed by cryogenic electron microscopy of exon 1 HTT fibrils

S Nazarov, A Chiki, D Boudeffa… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The lack of detailed insight into the structure of aggregates formed by the huntingtin protein
(HTT) has hampered the efforts to develop therapeutics and diagnostics targeting pathology …

The physics of liquid-to-solid transitions in multi-domain protein condensates

S Ranganathan, E Shakhnovich - Biophysical Journal, 2022 - cell.com
Many RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that assemble into membraneless organelles have a
common architecture including disordered prion-like domain (PLD) and folded RNA-binding …

Labile assembly of a tardigrade protein induces biostasis

S Sanchez‐Martinez, K Nguyen, S Biswas… - Protein …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tardigrades are microscopic animals that survive desiccation by inducing biostasis. To
survive drying tardigrades rely on intrinsically disordered CAHS proteins, which also …

Protein structure–function continuum model: Emerging nexuses between specificity, evolution, and structure

MN Gupta, VN Uversky - Protein Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The rationale for replacing the old binary of structure–function with the trinity of structure,
disorder, and function has gained considerable ground in recent years. A continuum model …