RNA granules: functional compartments or incidental condensates?

A Putnam, L Thomas, G Seydoux - Genes & development, 2023 - genesdev.cshlp.org
RNA granules are mesoscale assemblies that form in the absence of limiting membranes.
RNA granules contain factors for RNA biogenesis and turnover and are often assumed to …

Conformational ensembles of the human intrinsically disordered proteome

G Tesei, AI Trolle, N Jonsson, J Betz, FE Knudsen… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins and regions (collectively, IDRs) are pervasive across
proteomes in all kingdoms of life, help to shape biological functions and are involved in …

MolPhase, an advanced prediction algorithm for protein phase separation

Q Liang, N Peng, Y Xie, N Kumar, W Gao… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
We introduce MolPhase, an advanced algorithm for predicting protein phase separation
(PS) behavior that improves accuracy and reliability by utilizing diverse physicochemical …

Aggregation of the Amyloid-beta Peptide (Abeta40) within Condensates Generated through Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

OM Morris, Z Toprakcioglu, A Roentgen, M Cali… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The deposition of the Abeta peptide into amyloid fibrils is characteristic of Alzheimer's
disease. As it has been recently observed that the process of amyloid aggregation can take …

Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization

HR Kilgore, I Chinn, PG Mikhael, I Mitnikov… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Cells have evolved mechanisms to distribute~ 10 billion protein molecules to subcellular
compartments where diverse proteins involved in shared functions must efficiently …

[HTML][HTML] Glycogen phase separation drives macromolecular rearrangement and asymmetric division in E. coli

Y Thappeta, SJ Canas-Duarte, T Kallem, A Fragasso… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bacteria often experience nutrient limitation in nature and the laboratory. While exponential
and stationary growth phases are well characterized in the model bacterium Escherichia …

Preserving condensate structure and composition by lowering sequence complexity

A Sood, B Zhang - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensates play a vital role in organizing cellular chemistry. They selectively
partition biomolecules, preventing unwanted cross-talk and buffering against chemical …

PICNIC identifies condensate-forming proteins across organisms

A Hadarovich, HR Singh, S Ghosh, N Rostam… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Biomolecular condensates are membrane-less organelles that selectively concentrate
biomolecules to perform a multitude of fundamental biochemical functions. Despite their …

Chemical codes promote selective compartmentalization of proteins.

HR Kilgore, I Chinn, PG Mikhael, I Mitnikov… - Biorxiv: the Preprint …, 2024 - europepmc.org
Cells have evolved mechanisms to distribute~ 10 billion protein molecules to subcellular
compartments where diverse proteins involved in shared functions must efficiently …