Fuzzy regions in an intrinsically disordered protein impair protein–protein interactions

A Gruet, M Dosnon, D Blocquel, J Brunel… - The FEBS …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the partial disorder‐to‐order transition that intrinsically disordered proteins often
undergo upon binding to their partners, a considerable amount of residual disorder may be …

Classifying the binding modes of disordered proteins

M Fuxreiter - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Disordered proteins often act as interaction hubs in cellular pathways, via the specific
recognition of a distinguished set of partners. While disordered regions can adopt a well …

Multiscaled exploration of coupled folding and binding of an intrinsically disordered molecular recognition element in measles virus nucleoprotein

Y Wang, X Chu, S Longhi, P Roche… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Numerous relatively short regions within intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) serve as
molecular recognition elements (MoREs). They fold into ordered structures upon binding to …

The sequence–ensemble relationship in fuzzy protein complexes

S Hadži, R Loris, J Lah - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) interact with globular proteins through a variety of
mechanisms, resulting in the structurally heterogeneous ensembles known as fuzzy …

Frustration in fuzzy protein complexes leads to interaction versatility

MI Freiberger, PG Wolynes, DU Ferreiro… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Disordered proteins frequently serve as interaction hubs involving a constrained variety of
partners. Complexes with different partners frequently exhibit distinct binding modes …

Extreme fuzziness: direct interactions between two IDPs

W Wang, D Wang - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Protein interactions involving intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) greatly extend the
range of binding mechanisms available to proteins. In interactions employing coupled …

Modulation of Measles Virus NTAIL Interactions through Fuzziness and Sequence Features of Disordered Binding Sites

C Bignon, F Troilo, S Gianni, S Longhi - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper we review our recent findings on the different interaction mechanisms of the C-
terminal domain of the nucleoprotein (N) of measles virus (MeV) NTAIL, a model viral …

Polycation-π interactions are a driving force for molecular recognition by an intrinsically disordered oncoprotein family

J Song, SC Ng, P Tompa, KAW Lee… - PLoS Computational …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Molecular recognition by intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) commonly involves specific
localized contacts and target-induced disorder to order transitions. However, some IDPs …

Dissecting partner recognition by an intrinsically disordered protein using descriptive random mutagenesis

A Gruet, M Dosnon, A Vassena, V Lombard… - Journal of molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
In view of getting insights into the molecular determinants of the binding efficiency of
intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), we used random mutagenesis. As a proof of concept …

Analyzing the folding and binding steps of an intrinsically disordered protein by protein engineering

D Bonetti, F Troilo, A Toto, M Brunori, S Longhi… - Biochemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are functionally active despite lacking a well-defined
three-dimensional structure. Such proteins often undergo a disorder-to-order transition, or …