Cellular and pathological functions of tau

C Parra Bravo, SA Naguib, L Gan - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Tau protein is involved in various cellular processes, including having a canonical role in
binding and stabilization of microtubules in neurons. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative …

Tau post-translational modifications: dynamic transformers of tau function, degradation, and aggregation

C Alquezar, S Arya, AW Kao - Frontiers in neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) on tau have long been recognized as affecting
protein function and contributing to neurodegeneration. The explosion of information on …

Disease-specific tau filaments assemble via polymorphic intermediates

S Lövestam, D Li, JL Wagstaff, A Kotecha, D Kimanius… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Intermediate species in the assembly of amyloid filaments are believed to play a central role
in neurodegenerative diseases and may constitute important targets for therapeutic …

Accurate model of liquid–liquid phase behavior of intrinsically disordered proteins from optimization of single-chain properties

G Tesei, TK Schulze, R Crehuet… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Many intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) may undergo liquid–liquid phase separation
(LLPS) and participate in the formation of membraneless organelles in the cell, thereby …

Role of tau as a microtubule-associated protein: structural and functional aspects

P Barbier, O Zejneli, M Martinho, A Lasorsa… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microtubules (MTs) play a fundamental role in many vital processes such as cell division
and neuronal activity. They are key structural and functional elements in axons, supporting …

Visualization of neurofibrillary tangle maturity in Alzheimer's disease: A clinicopathologic perspective for biomarker research

CM Moloney, VJ Lowe, ME Murray - Alzheimer's & dementia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neurofibrillary tangles, one of the neuropathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, have a
dynamic lifespan of maturity that associates with progressive neuronal dysfunction and …

Tau protein liquid–liquid phase separation can initiate tau aggregation

S Wegmann, B Eftekharzadeh, K Tepper… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
The transition between soluble intrinsically disordered tau protein and aggregated tau in
neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease is unknown. Here, we propose that soluble tau …

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 …

Tau liquid–liquid phase separation in neurodegenerative diseases

S Boyko, WK Surewicz - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
Aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau plays a major role in Alzheimer's
disease and several other neurodegenerative disorders. An exciting recent development is …

Roles of tau protein in health and disease

T Guo, W Noble, DP Hanger - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Tau is well established as a microtubule-associated protein in neurons. However, under
pathological conditions, aberrant assembly of tau into insoluble aggregates is accompanied …