Protein phase separation: a new phase in cell biology

S Boeynaems, S Alberti, NL Fawzi, T Mittag… - Trends in cell …, 2018 - cell.com
Cellular compartments and organelles organize biological matter. Most well-known
organelles are separated by a membrane boundary from their surrounding milieu. There are …

[HTML][HTML] Transcription factors activate genes through the phase-separation capacity of their activation domains

A Boija, IA Klein, BR Sabari, A Dall'Agnese, EL Coffey… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Gene expression is controlled by transcription factors (TFs) that consist of DNA-binding
domains (DBDs) and activation domains (ADs). The DBDs have been well characterized …

Degrons in cancer

B Mészáros, M Kumar, TJ Gibson, B Uyar… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Degrons are the elements that are used by E3 ubiquitin ligases to target proteins for
degradation. Most degrons are short linear motifs embedded within the sequences of …

Defining the condensate landscape of fusion oncoproteins

S Tripathi, HK Shirnekhi, SD Gorman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fusion oncoproteins (FOs) arise from chromosomal translocations in~ 17% of cancers and
are often oncogenic drivers. Although some FOs can promote oncogenesis by undergoing …

Phase separation mediates NUP98 fusion oncoprotein leukemic transformation

B Chandra, NL Michmerhuizen, HK Shirnekhi… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
NUP98 fusion oncoproteins (FO) are drivers in pediatric leukemias and many transform
hematopoietic cells. Most NUP98 FOs harbor an intrinsically disordered region from NUP98 …

Controllable star cationic poly (disulfide) s achieve genetically cascade catalytic therapy by delivering bifunctional fusion plasmids

D Yu, Y Wang, S Qu, N Zhang, K Nie… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The absence of effective delivery vectors and suitable multifunctional plasmids limits cancer
gene therapy development. The star cationic poly (disulfide) s with β‐cyclodextrin cores …

The role of phase-separated condensates in fusion oncoprotein–driven cancers

HK Shirnekhi, B Chandra… - Annual Review of Cancer …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Fusion oncoproteins (FOs) resulting from in-frame chromosomal translocations are
associated with many aggressive cancers with poor patient outcomes. Several FOs are now …

Ectopic biomolecular phase transitions: fusion proteins in cancer pathologies

RB Davis, MM Moosa, PR Banerjee - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless organelles (MLOs) that are enriched in
specific proteins and nucleic acids, compartmentalized to perform biochemical functions …

Gain-of-function mutations: an emerging advantage for cancer biology

Y Li, Y Zhang, X Li, S Yi, J Xu - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Advances in next-generation sequencing have identified thousands of genomic variants that
perturb the normal functions of proteins, further contributing to diverse phenotypic …

Chromosomal translocation-derived aberrant Rab22a drives metastasis of osteosarcoma

D Liao, L Zhong, J Yin, C Zeng, X Wang, X Huang… - Nature Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Osteosarcoma is a type of aggressive malignant bone tumour that frequently metastasizes to
lungs, resulting in poor prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms of lung metastasis …