[HTML][HTML] Zinc promotes liquid–liquid phase separation of tau protein

V Singh, L Xu, S Boyko, K Surewicz… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that plays a major role in Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and other tauopathies. Recent reports indicate that, in the presence of crowding agents, tau …

[HTML][HTML] TDP-43 and tau oligomers in Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and frontotemporal dementia

M Montalbano, S McAllen, FL Cascio, U Sengupta… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Proteinaceous aggregates are major hallmarks of several neurodegenerative diseases.
Aggregates of post-translationally modified transactive response (TAR)-DNA binding protein …

[HTML][HTML] DNA damage triggers a new phase in neurodegeneration

F Pessina, U Gioia, O Brandi, S Farina, M Ceccon… - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Subcellular compartmentalization contributes to the organization of a plethora of molecular
events occurring within cells. This can be achieved in membraneless organelles generated …

[HTML][HTML] Sumoylation in physiology, pathology and therapy

U Sahin, H de Thé, V Lallemand-Breitenbach - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sumoylation is an essential post-translational modification that has evolved to regulate
intricate networks within emerging complexities of eukaryotic cells. Thousands of target …

[HTML][HTML] Biomaterial design inspired by membraneless organelles

J Liu, F Zhorabek, Y Chau - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Membraneless organelles (MLOs) are phase-separated liquid compartments providing
spatiotemporal control of biomolecules and metabolism within cells. While MLOs exhibit …

WALTZ-DB 2.0: an updated database containing structural information of experimentally determined amyloid-forming peptides

N Louros, K Konstantoulea… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Transition of soluble proteins into insoluble amyloid fibrils is driven by self-propagating short
sequence stretches. However, accurate prediction of aggregation determinants remains …

Therapeutics—how to treat phase separation-associated diseases

RJ Wheeler - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation has drawn attention as many neurodegeneration or cancer-
associated proteins are able to form liquid membraneless compartments (condensates) by …

Biomolecular condensates in neurodegeneration and cancer

S Spannl, M Tereshchenko, GJ Mastromarco, SJ Ihn… - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular environment is partitioned into functionally distinct compartments
containing specific sets of molecules and reactions. Biomolecular condensates, also …

Amyloid aggregation under the lens of liquid–liquid phase separation

Y Xing, A Nandakumar, A Kakinen, Y Sun… - The journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Increasing experiments suggest that amyloid peptides can undergo liquid–liquid phase
separation (LLPS) before the formation of amyloid fibrils. However, the exact role of LLPS in …

Protein misfolding and amyloid nucleation through liquid–liquid phase separation

S Mukherjee, M Poudyal, K Dave, P Kadu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is an emerging phenomenon in cell physiology and
diseases. The weak multivalent interaction prerequisite for LLPS is believed to be facilitated …