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 …

FUS and TDP-43 phases in health and disease

B Portz, BL Lee, J Shorter - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
The distinct prion-like domains (PrLDs) of FUS and TDP-43, modulate phase transitions that
result in condensates with a range of material states. These assemblies are implicated in …

Protein condensation diseases: therapeutic opportunities

M Vendruscolo, M Fuxreiter - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Condensed states of proteins, including liquid-like membraneless organelles and solid-like
aggregates, contribute in fundamental ways to the organisation and function of the cell …

Synthetic protein condensates for cellular and metabolic engineering

ZG Qian, SC Huang, XX **a - Nature chemical biology, 2022 - nature.com
Protein condensates are distinct structures assembled in living cells that concentrate
molecules via phase separation in a confined subcellular compartment. In the past decade …

It's not just a phase: function and characteristics of RNA-binding proteins in phase separation

HJ Wiedner, J Giudice - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates that form via phase separation are increasingly regarded as
coordinators of cellular reactions that regulate a wide variety of biological phenomena …

Tau liquid–liquid phase separation in neurodegenerative diseases

S Boyko, WK Surewicz - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
Aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau plays a major role in Alzheimer's
disease and several other neurodegenerative disorders. An exciting recent development is …

Biomolecular condensate phase diagrams with a combinatorial microdroplet platform

WE Arter, R Qi, NA Erkamp, G Krainer, K Didi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The assembly of biomolecules into condensates is a fundamental process underlying the
organisation of the intracellular space and the regulation of many cellular functions …

Genetic variation associated with condensate dysregulation in disease

SF Banani, LK Afeyan, SW Hawken, JE Henninger… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
A multitude of cellular processes involve biomolecular condensates, which has led to the
suggestion that diverse pathogenic mutations may dysregulate condensates. Although proof …

Molecular logic operations from complex coacervation with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

J Liu, T Zhang, X Liu, JWY Lam, BZ Tang, Y Chau - Materials Horizons, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Leveraging complex coacervation of a polycation and a bivalent anion with aggregation-
induced emission characteristics, we accomplish eight basic logic operations with …

Biomolecular condensates: new opportunities for drug discovery and RNA therapeutics

BA Conti, M Oppikofer - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensates organize cellular functions in the absence of membranes. These
membraneless organelles can form through liquid–liquid phase separation coalescing RNA …