In-cell structural biology by NMR: the benefits of the atomic scale

FX Theillet - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In-cell structural biology aims at extracting structural information about proteins or nucleic
acids in their native, cellular environment. This emerging field holds great promise and is …

Conformational dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins regulate biomolecular condensate chemistry

A Abyzov, M Blackledge, M Zweckstetter - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Motions in biomolecules are critical for biochemical reactions. In cells, many biochemical
reactions are executed inside of biomolecular condensates formed by ultradynamic …

AlphaFold2: a role for disordered protein/region prediction?

CJ Wilson, WY Choy, M Karttunen - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of AlphaFold2 marked a paradigm-shift in the structural biology
community. Herein, we assess the ability of AlphaFold2 to predict disordered regions …

Molecular interactions contributing to FUS SYGQ LC-RGG phase separation and co-partitioning with RNA polymerase II heptads

AC Murthy, WS Tang, N Jovic, AM Janke… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
The RNA-binding protein FUS (Fused in Sarcoma) mediates phase separation in
biomolecular condensates and functions in transcription by clustering with RNA polymerase …

Liquid–liquid phase separation modifies the dynamic properties of intrinsically disordered proteins

S Guseva, V Schnapka, W Adamski… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Liquid–liquid phase separation of flexible biomolecules has been identified as a ubiquitous
phenomenon underlying the formation of membraneless organelles that harbor a multitude …

NMR illuminates intrinsic disorder

HJ Dyson, PE Wright - Current opinion in structural biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has long been instrumental in the characterization of
intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). This …

Map** the per-residue surface electrostatic potential of CAPRIN1 along its phase-separation trajectory

Y Toyama, AK Rangadurai… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Electrostatic interactions and charge balance are important for the formation of biomolecular
condensates involving proteins and nucleic acids. However, a detailed, atomistic picture of …

Liquid–liquid phase separation of tau: From molecular biophysics to physiology and disease

SK Rai, A Savastano, P Singh… - Protein …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biomolecular condensation via liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically
disordered proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs), with and without nucleic acids, has drawn …

In-cell NMR: Why and how?

FX Theillet, E Luchinat - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance …, 2022 - Elsevier
NMR spectroscopy has been applied to cells and tissues analysis since its beginnings, as
early as 1950. We have attempted to gather here in a didactic fashion the broad diversity of …

Atomic resolution map of the solvent interactions driving SOD1 unfolding in CAPRIN1 condensates

R Ahmed, M Liang, RP Hudson, AK Rangadurai… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Biomolecules can be sequestered into membrane-less compartments, referred to as
biomolecular condensates. Experimental and computational methods have helped define …