Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, T Frembgen-Kesner… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

[HTML][HTML] α-Synuclein misfolding and Parkinson's disease

L Breydo, JW Wu, VN Uversky - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2012 - Elsevier
Substantial evidence links α-synuclein, a small highly conserved presynaptic protein with
unknown function, to both familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Synuclein has …

Rapid prediction and analysis of protein intrinsic disorder

GW Dayhoff, VN Uversky - Protein Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Protein intrinsic disorder is found in all kingdoms of life and is known to underpin numerous
physiological and pathological processes. Computational methods play an important role in …

[HTML][HTML] WNK kinases sense molecular crowding and rescue cell volume via phase separation

CR Boyd-Shiwarski, DJ Shiwarski, SE Griffiths… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
When challenged by hypertonicity, dehydrated cells must recover their volume to survive.
This process requires the phosphorylation-dependent regulation of SLC12 cation chloride …

iLearn: an integrated platform and meta-learner for feature engineering, machine-learning analysis and modeling of DNA, RNA and protein sequence data

Z Chen, P Zhao, F Li, TT Marquez-Lago… - Briefings in …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
With the explosive growth of biological sequences generated in the post-genomic era, one
of the most challenging problems in bioinformatics and computational biology is to …

TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) liquid–liquid phase separation is mediated by just a few aromatic residues

HR Li, WC Chiang, PC Chou, WJ Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - jbc.org
Eukaryotic cells contain distinct organelles, but not all of these compartments are enclosed
by membranes. Some intrinsically disordered proteins mediate membraneless organelle …

Understanding protein non-folding

VN Uversky, AK Dunker - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2010 - Elsevier
This review describes the family of intrinsically disordered proteins, members of which fail to
form rigid 3-D structures under physiological conditions, either along their entire lengths or …

ESpritz: accurate and fast prediction of protein disorder

I Walsh, AJM Martin, T Di Domenico… - Bioinformatics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Intrinsically disordered regions are key for the function of numerous proteins, and
the scant available experimental annotations suggest the existence of different disorder …

Intrinsically disordered proteins play diverse roles in cell signaling

SE Bondos, AK Dunker, VN Uversky - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2022 - Springer
Signaling pathways allow cells to detect and respond to a wide variety of chemical (eg Ca2+
or chemokine proteins) and physical stimuli (eg, sheer stress, light). Together, these …

Nickel impact on human health: An intrinsic disorder perspective

B Zambelli, VN Uversky, S Ciurli - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The interplay of the presence of nickel and protein disorder in processes affecting human
health is the focus of the present review. Many systems involving nickel as either a cofactor …