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 …

Molecular determinants of condensate composition

AS Holehouse, S Alberti - Molecular cell, 2025 - cell.com
Cells use membraneless compartments to organize their interiors, and recent research has
begun to uncover the molecular principles underlying their assembly. Here, we explore how …

Direct prediction of intermolecular interactions driven by disordered regions

GM Ginell, RJ Emenecker, JM Lotthammer, ET Usher… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are critical for a wide variety of cellular functions,
many of which involve interactions with partner proteins. Molecular recognition is typically …

Molecular insights into the interaction between a disordered protein and a folded RNA

R Mitra, ET Usher, S Dedeoğlu, MJ Crotteau… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs) are well established as contributors to
intermolecular interactions and the formation of biomolecular condensates. In particular …

Conserved molecular recognition by an intrinsically disordered region in the absence of sequence conservation

JJ Alston, A Soranno, AS Holehouse - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are critical for cellular function, yet often appear to
lack sequence conservation when assessed by multiple sequence alignments. This raises …

Sequence-ensemble-function relationships for disordered proteins in live cells

RJ Emenecker, K Guadalupe, NM Shamoon… - …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs) are ubiquitous across all kingdoms of life and
play a variety of essential cellular roles. IDRs exist in a collection of structurally distinct …

Poly (A)-binding protein is an ataxin-2 chaperone that regulates biomolecular condensates

S Boeynaems, Y Dorone, Y Zhuang, V Shabardina… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensation underlies the biogenesis of an expanding array of
membraneless assemblies, including stress granules (SGs), which form under a variety of …

Single-molecule diffusivity quantification in Xenopus egg extracts elucidates physicochemical properties of the cytoplasm

AA Choi, CY Zhou, A Tabo, R Heald, K Xu - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - pnas.org
The living cell creates a unique internal molecular environment that is challenging to
characterize. By combining single-molecule displacement/diffusivity map** (SM d M) with …

Spatial proteomic map** of human nuclear bodies reveals new functional insights into RNA regulation

BJA Dyakov, S Kobelke, BR Ahmed, M Wu, JF Roth… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Nuclear bodies are diverse membraneless suborganelles with emerging links to
development and disease. Explaining their structure, function, regulation, and implications in …

[HTML][HTML] Single-point mutations in disordered proteins: Linking sequence, ensemble, and function

E Flores, N Acharya, CA Castañeda… - Current Opinion in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Highlights•Single point mutations in intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs) are poorly
studied.•Multiple studies show that single-point mutations can change IDR structural …