Protein misfolding and amyloid nucleation through liquid–liquid phase separation

S Mukherjee, M Poudyal, K Dave, P Kadu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is an emerging phenomenon in cell physiology and
diseases. The weak multivalent interaction prerequisite for LLPS is believed to be facilitated …

Fundamental aspects of phase-separated biomolecular condensates

HX Zhou, D Kota, S Qin, R Prasad - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates, formed through phase separation, are upending our
understanding in much of molecular, cell, and developmental biology. There is an urgent …

Single-molecule FRET unmasks structural subpopulations and crucial molecular events during FUS low-complexity domain phase separation

A Joshi, A Walimbe, A Avni, SK Rai, L Arora… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates formed via phase separation of proteins and nucleic acids are
thought to be associated with a wide range of cellular functions and dysfunctions. We dissect …

Multicompartmental coacervate-based protocell by spontaneous droplet evaporation

C Qi, X Ma, Q Zeng, Z Huang, S Zhang, X Deng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hierarchical compartmentalization, a hallmark of both primitive and modern cells, enables
the concentration and isolation of biomolecules, and facilitates spatial organization of …

Role of aberrant phase separation in pathological protein aggregation

P Chakraborty, M Zweckstetter - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases are associated with the pathological deposition of many
different intrinsically disordered proteins or proteins with intrinsically disordered regions …

Challenges in studying the liquid-to-solid phase transitions of proteins using computer simulations

B Szała-Mendyk, TM Phan, P Mohanty… - Current opinion in chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract “Membraneless organelles,” also referred to as biomolecular condensates, perform
a variety of cellular functions and their dysregulation is implicated in cancer and …

β-synuclein regulates the phase transitions and amyloid conversion of α-synuclein

X Li, L Yu, X Liu, T Shi, Y Zhang, Y **ao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) are neurodegenerative
disorders characterized by the accumulation of α-synuclein aggregates. α-synuclein forms …

Hydrogen-bonded network of water in phase-separated biomolecular condensates

A Joshi, A Avni, A Walimbe, SK Rai… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates formed via phase separation of intrinsically disordered
proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs) and nucleic acids are associated with cell physiology and …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid− liquid phase separation of tau: Driving forces, regulation, and biological implications

P Li, J Chen, X Wang, Z Su, M Gao, Y Huang - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
The past 15 years have witnessed an explosion in the studies of biomolecular condensates
that are implicated in numerous biological processes and play vital roles in human health …

Enzyme-mediated temporal control over the conformational disposition of a condensed protein in macromolecular crowded media

E Shandilya, AS Bains, S Maiti - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Temporal regulation between input and output signals is one of the hallmarks of complex
biological processes. Herein, we report that the conformational disposition of a protein in …