[HTML][HTML] G3BP1 is a tunable switch that triggers phase separation to assemble stress granules

P Yang, C Mathieu, RM Kolaitis, P Zhang, J Messing… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The mechanisms underlying ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granule assembly, including the basis
for establishing and maintaining RNP granules with distinct composition, are unknown. One …

Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC): an overview of the application of fluorescence and absorbance AUC to the study of biological macromolecules

GB Edwards, UM Muthurajan… - Current protocols in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The biochemical and biophysical investigation of proteins, nucleic acids, and the assemblies
that they form yields essential information to understand complex systems. Analytical …

[HTML][HTML] Self-interaction of NPM1 modulates multiple mechanisms of liquid–liquid phase separation

DM Mitrea, JA Cika, CB Stanley, A Nourse… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Nucleophosmin (NPM1) is an abundant, oligomeric protein in the granular component of the
nucleolus with roles in ribosome biogenesis. Pentameric NPM1 undergoes liquid–liquid …

A single N‐terminal phosphomimic disrupts TDP‐43 polymerization, phase separation, and RNA splicing

A Wang, AE Conicella, HB Schmidt, EW Martin… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
TDP‐43 is an RNA‐binding protein active in splicing that concentrates into membraneless
ribonucleoprotein granules and forms aggregates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleophosmin integrates within the nucleolus via multi-modal interactions with proteins displaying R-rich linear motifs and rRNA

DM Mitrea, JA Cika, CS Guy, D Ban, PR Banerjee… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
The nucleolus is a membrane-less organelle formed through liquid-liquid phase separation
of its components from the surrounding nucleoplasm. Here, we show that nucleophosmin …

[HTML][HTML] Particles in biopharmaceutical formulations, part 2: an update on analytical techniques and applications for therapeutic proteins, viruses, vaccines and cells

A Roesch, S Zölls, D Stadler, C Helbig… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Particles in biopharmaceutical formulations remain a hot topic in drug product development.
With new product classes emerging it is crucial to discriminate particulate active …

[HTML][HTML] C9orf72 poly (PR) dipeptide repeats disturb biomolecular phase separation and disrupt nucleolar function

MR White, DM Mitrea, P Zhang, CB Stanley… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene is the most common cause of the neurodegenerative
disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (C9-ALS) and is linked to the unconventional …

Mechanism for the activation of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase receptor

AV Reshetnyak, P Rossi, AG Myasnikov, M Sowaileh… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) that regulates
important functions in the central nervous system,. The ALK gene is a hotspot for …

[HTML][HTML] HullRad: fast calculations of folded and disordered protein and nucleic acid hydrodynamic properties

PJ Fleming, KG Fleming - Biophysical journal, 2018 - cell.com
Hydrodynamic properties are useful parameters for estimating the size and shape of
proteins and nucleic acids in solution. The calculation of such properties from structural …

Interplay of folded domains and the disordered low-complexity domain in mediating hnRNPA1 phase separation

EW Martin, FE Thomasen, NM Milkovic… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation underlies the membrane-less compartmentalization of cells.
Intrinsically disordered low-complexity domains (LCDs) often mediate phase separation, but …