The role of RNA in biological phase separations

MM Fay, PJ Anderson - Journal of molecular biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Phase transitions that alter the physical state of ribonucleoprotein particles contribute to the
spacial and temporal organization of the densely packed intracellular environment. This …

It's not just a phase: function and characteristics of RNA-binding proteins in phase separation

HJ Wiedner, J Giudice - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates that form via phase separation are increasingly regarded as
coordinators of cellular reactions that regulate a wide variety of biological phenomena …

RNA is a critical element for the sizing and the composition of phase-separated RNA–protein condensates

M Garcia-Jove Navarro, S Kashida, R Chouaib… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation is thought to be a key organizing principle in eukaryotic cells
to generate highly concentrated dynamic assemblies, such as the RNP granules. Numerous …

RNAPhaSep: a resource of RNAs undergoing phase separation

H Zhu, H Fu, T Cui, L Ning, H Shao, Y Guo… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) partitions cellular contents, underlies the formation of
membraneless organelles and plays essential biological roles. To date, most of the research …

RNAs undergo phase transitions with lower critical solution temperatures

GM Wadsworth, WJ Zahurancik, X Zeng, P Pullara… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Co-phase separation of RNAs and RNA-binding proteins drives the biogenesis of
ribonucleoprotein granules. RNAs can also undergo phase transitions in the absence of …

Getting RNA and protein in phase

SC Weber, CP Brangwynne - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Nonmembrane-bound organelles such as RNA granules behave like dynamic droplets, but
the molecular details of their assembly are poorly understood. Several recent papers identify …

Functional implications of intracellular phase transitions

AS Holehouse, RV Pappu - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Intracellular environments are heterogeneous milieus comprised of macromolecules,
osmolytes, and a range of assemblies that include membrane-bound organelles and …

Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase separation of protein-RNA mixtures by a minimal model

JA Joseph, JR Espinosa, I Sanchez-Burgos… - Biophysical …, 2021 - cell.com
Intracellular liquid-liquid phase separation enables the formation of biomolecular
condensates, such as ribonucleoprotein granules, which play a crucial role in the …

RNA multimerization as an organizing force for liquid–liquid phase separation

PC Bevilacqua, AM Williams, HL Chou, SM Assmann - RNA, 2022 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
RNA interactions are exceptionally strong and highly redundant. As such, nearly any two
RNAs have the potential to interact with one another over relatively short stretches …

Intrinsically disordered sequences enable modulation of protein phase separation through distributed tyrosine motifs

Y Lin, SL Currie, MK Rosen - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2017 - ASBMB
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is thought to contribute to the establishment of many
biomolecular condensates, eukaryotic cell structures that concentrate diverse …