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 …

Conformational expansion of tau in condensates promotes irreversible aggregation

J Wen, L Hong, G Krainer, QQ Yao… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of proteins into biomolecular condensates has
emerged as a fundamental principle underpinning cellular function and malfunction. Indeed …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid-liquid phase separation induces pathogenic tau conformations in vitro

NM Kanaan, C Hamel, T Grabinski, B Combs - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Formation of membrane-less organelles via liquid-liquid phase separation is one way cells
meet the biological requirement for spatiotemporal regulation of cellular components and …

Liquid–liquid phase separation of Tau by self and complex coacervation

S Najafi, Y Lin, AP Longhini, X Zhang… - Protein …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of Tau has been postulated to play a role in
modulating the aggregation property of Tau, a process known to be critically associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid-liquid phase separation of protein tau: An emerging process in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

H Ainani, N Bouchmaa, RB Mrid, R El Fatimy - Neurobiology of disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Metabolic reactions within cells occur in various isolated compartments with or without
borders, the latter being known as membrane-less organelles (MLOs). The MLOs show …

Disease‐associated tau phosphorylation hinders tubulin assembly within tau condensates

A Savastano, D Flores, H Kadavath… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular condensation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) through liquid–liquid phase
separation (LLPS) allows dynamic compartmentalization and regulation of biological …

[HTML][HTML] Residue-specific identification of phase separation hot spots of Alzheimer's-related protein tau

S Ambadipudi, JG Reddy, J Biernat, E Mandelkow… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of proteins enables the formation of non-membrane-
bound organelles in cells and is associated with cancer and neurodegeneration. Little is …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid–liquid phase separation of tau protein: the crucial role of electrostatic interactions

S Boyko, XU Qi, TH Chen, K Surewicz… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Recent studies have indicated that tau, a protein involved in Alzheimer's disease and other
neurodegenerative disorders, has a propensity to undergo liquid–liquid phase separation …

Role of aberrant phase separation in pathological protein aggregation

P Chakraborty, M Zweckstetter - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases are associated with the pathological deposition of many
different intrinsically disordered proteins or proteins with intrinsically disordered regions …