Transport selectivity of nuclear pores, phase separation, and membraneless organelles

HB Schmidt, D Görlich - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) provide a selective passageway for receptor-mediated
active transport between nucleus and cytoplasm, while maintaining the distinct molecular …

The structure and dynamics of higher-order assemblies: amyloids, signalosomes, and granules

H Wu, M Fuxreiter - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
We here attempt to achieve an integrated understanding of the structure and dynamics of a
number of higher-order assemblies, including amyloids, various kinds of signalosomes, and …

TDP-43 pathology disrupts nuclear pore complexes and nucleocytoplasmic transport in ALS/FTD

CC Chou, YI Zhang, ME Umoh, SW Vaughan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The cytoplasmic mislocalization and aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43)
is a common histopathological hallmark of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and …

Toxic PRn poly-dipeptides encoded by the C9orf72 repeat expansion block nuclear import and export

KY Shi, E Mori, ZF Nizami, Y Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The toxic proline: arginine (PRn) poly-dipeptide encoded by the (GGGGCC) n repeat
expansion in the C9orf72 form of heritable amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) binds to the …

Systematic analysis of barrier‐forming FG hydrogels from Xenopus nuclear pore complexes

AA Labokha, S Gradmann, S Frey, BB Hülsmann… - The EMBO …, 2013 - embopress.org
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) control the traffic between cell nucleus and cytoplasm.
While facilitating translocation of nuclear transport receptors (NTRs) and NTR· cargo …

Protein disorder, prion propensities, and self-organizing macromolecular collectives

L Malinovska, S Kroschwald, S Alberti - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic cells are partitioned into functionally distinct self-organizing compartments. But
while the biogenesis of membrane-surrounded compartments is beginning to be …

Phase separation of intrinsically disordered FG-Nups is driven by highly dynamic FG motifs

M Dekker, E Van der Giessen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The intrinsically disordered FG-Nups in the central channel of the nuclear pore complex
(NPC) form a selective permeability barrier, allowing small molecules to traverse by passive …

Improving the hole picture: towards a consensus on the mechanism of nuclear transport

D Cowburn, M Rout - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) mediate the exchange of materials between the
nucleoplasm and cytoplasm, playing a key role in the separation of nucleic acids and …

Disordered proteinaceous machines

M Fuxreiter, A Tóth-Petróczy, DA Kraut… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Many full-length proteins and protein regions lack stable tertiary and/or secondary structure
under physiological conditions in vitro. These proteins and regions, known as intrinsically …

Protein assembly systems in natural and synthetic biology

G Chiesa, S Kiriakov, AS Khalil - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
The traditional view of protein aggregation as being strictly disease-related has been
challenged by many examples of cellular aggregates that regulate beneficial biological …