Formation, function, and pathology of RNP granules

N Ripin, R Parker - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are diverse membrane-less organelles that form through
multivalent RNA-RNA, RNA-protein, and protein-protein interactions between RNPs. RNP …

Phase separation in cancer at a glance

Q Xie, J Cheng, W Mei, D Yang, P Zhang… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Eukaryotic cells are segmented into multiple compartments or organelles within the cell that
regulate distinct chemical and biological processes. Membrane-less organelles are …

RNA granules in neuronal plasticity and disease

KE Bauer, BR de Queiroz, MA Kiebler, F Besse - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
RNA granules are dynamic entities controlling the spatiotemporal distribution and translation
of RNA molecules. In neurons, a variety of RNA granules exist both in the soma and in …

The Story of RNA Unfolded: The Molecular Function of DEAD-and DExH-Box ATPases and Their Complex Relationship with Membraneless Organelles

K Dörner, M Hondele - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
DEAD-and DExH-box ATPases (DDX/DHXs) are abundant and highly conserved cellular
enzymes ubiquitously involved in RNA processing. By remodeling RNA–RNA and RNA …

A comprehensive review on DDX3X liquid phase condensation in health and neurodevelopmental disorders

IR e Silva, JHC Smetana, JF de Oliveira - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
DEAD-box helicases are global regulators of liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), a
process that assembles membraneless organelles inside cells. An outstanding member of …

Intrinsically disordered regions regulate RhlE RNA helicase functions in bacteria

S Hausmann, J Geiser, GE Allen… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
RNA helicases—central enzymes in RNA metabolism—often feature intrinsically disordered
regions (IDRs) that enable phase separation and complex molecular interactions. In the …

G-quadruplexes in nuclear biomolecular condensates

I Pavlova, M Iudin, A Surdina, V Severov, A Varizhuk - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes (G4s) have long been implicated in the regulation of chromatin packaging
and gene expression. These processes require or are accelerated by the separation of …

Interferon-α stimulates DExH-box helicase 58 to prevent hepatocyte ferroptosis

KW Jia, RQ Yao, YW Fan, DJ Zhang, Y Zhou… - Military Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Background Liver ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is usually caused by hepatic inflow
occlusion during liver surgery, and is frequently observed during war wounds and trauma …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleolar dynamics are determined by the ordered assembly of the ribosome

J Sheu-Gruttadauria, X Yan, N Stuurman, SN Floor… - BioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ribosome biogenesis is coordinated within the nucleolus, a biomolecular condensate that
exhibits dynamic material properties that are thought to be important for nucleolar function …

The myriad roles of RNA structure in the flavivirus life cycle

QH Abram, BN Landry, AB Wang, RF Kothe… - RNA biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
As positive-sense RNA viruses, the genomes of flaviviruses serve as the template for all
stages of the viral life cycle, including translation, replication, and infectious particle …