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 …

A guide to membraneless organelles and their various roles in gene regulation

T Hirose, K Ninomiya, S Nakagawa… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Membraneless organelles (MLOs) are detected in cells as dots of mesoscopic size. By
undergoing phase separation into a liquid-like or gel-like phase, MLOs contribute to …

Modulating biomolecular condensates: a novel approach to drug discovery

DM Mitrea, M Mittasch, BF Gomes, IA Klein… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, membraneless assemblies known as biomolecular condensates have
been reported to play key roles in many cellular functions by compartmentalizing specific …

[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 …

Cellular functions of eukaryotic RNA helicases and their links to human diseases

KE Bohnsack, S Yi, S Venus, E Jankowsky… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
RNA helicases are highly conserved proteins that use nucleoside triphosphates to bind or
remodel RNA, RNA–protein complexes or both. RNA helicases are classified into the DEAD …

Biomolecular condensates at the nexus of cellular stress, protein aggregation disease and ageing

S Alberti, AA Hyman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless intracellular assemblies that often form via
liquid− liquid phase separation and have the ability to concentrate biopolymers. Research …

A framework for understanding the functions of biomolecular condensates across scales

AS Lyon, WB Peeples, MK Rosen - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates are found throughout eukaryotic cells, including in the nucleus, in
the cytoplasm and on membranes. They are also implicated in a wide range of cellular …

Local environment in biomolecular condensates modulates enzymatic activity across length scales

M Gil-Garcia, AI Benítez-Mateos, M Papp… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The mechanisms that underlie the regulation of enzymatic reactions by biomolecular
condensates and how they scale with compartment size remain poorly understood. Here we …

RNA contributions to the form and function of biomolecular condensates

C Roden, AS Gladfelter - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensation partitions cellular contents and has important roles in stress
responses, maintaining homeostasis, development and disease. Many nuclear and …

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 …