Phase transitions of associative biomacromolecules

RV Pappu, SR Cohen, F Dar, M Farag, M Kar - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multivalent proteins and nucleic acids, collectively referred to as multivalent associative
biomacromolecules, provide the driving forces for the formation and compositional …

The molecular basis for cellular function of intrinsically disordered protein regions

AS Holehouse, BB Kragelund - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered protein regions exist in a collection of dynamic interconverting
conformations that lack a stable 3D structure. These regions are structurally heterogeneous …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation of FSP1 promotes ferroptosis

T Nakamura, C Hipp, A Santos Dias Mourão… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is evolving as a highly promising approach to combat difficult-to-treat tumour
entities including therapy-refractory and dedifferentiating cancers,–. Recently, ferroptosis …

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 …

Condensates formed by prion-like low-complexity domains have small-world network structures and interfaces defined by expanded conformations

M Farag, SR Cohen, WM Borcherds, A Bremer… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates form via coupled associative and segregative phase transitions
of multivalent associative macromolecules. Phase separation coupled to percolation is one …

Transcription regulation by biomolecular condensates

G Pei, H Lyons, P Li, BR Sabari - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates regulate transcription by dynamically compartmentalizing the
transcription machinery. Classic models of transcription regulation focus on the recruitment …

Viscoelasticity and advective flow of RNA underlies nucleolar form and function

JA Riback, JM Eeftens, DSW Lee, SA Quinodoz… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
The nucleolus is the largest biomolecular condensate and facilitates transcription,
processing, and assembly of ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Although nucleolar function is thought …

Engineering synthetic biomolecular condensates

Y Dai, L You, A Chilkoti - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
The concept of phase-separation-mediated formation of biomolecular condensates provides
a new framework to understand cellular organization and cooperativity-dependent cellular …

[HTML][HTML] “Structure”-function relationships in eukaryotic transcription factors: the role of intrinsically disordered regions in gene regulation

JJ Ferrie, JP Karr, R Tjian, X Darzacq - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Many principles of bacterial gene regulation have been foundational to understanding
mechanisms of eukaryotic transcription. However, stark structural and functional differences …

[HTML][HTML] Formation, function, and pathology of RNP granules

N Ripin, R Parker - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are diverse membrane-less organelles that form through
multivalent RNA-RNA, RNA-protein, and protein-protein interactions between RNPs. RNP …