The molecular basis for cellular function of intrinsically disordered protein regions

AS Holehouse, BB Kragelund - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered protein regions exist in a collection of dynamic interconverting
conformations that lack a stable 3D structure. These regions are structurally heterogeneous …

Electrostatic interactions in protein structure, folding, binding, and condensation

HX Zhou, X Pang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Charged and polar groups, through forming ion pairs, hydrogen bonds, and other less
specific electrostatic interactions, impart important properties to proteins. Modulation of the …

FBXW7: a critical tumor suppressor of human cancers

CH Yeh, M Bellon, C Nicot - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is involved in multiple aspects of cellular processes,
such as cell cycle progression, cellular differentiation, and survival (Davis RJ et al., Cancer …

Intrinsically disordered proteins in cellular signalling and regulation

PE Wright, HJ Dyson - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are important components of the cellular signalling
machinery, allowing the same polypeptide to undertake different interactions with different …

[HTML][HTML] Condensed-phase signaling can expand kinase specificity and respond to macromolecular crowding

D Sang, T Shu, CF Pantoja, AI de Opakua… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Phase separation can concentrate biomolecules and accelerate reactions. However, the
mechanisms and principles connecting this mesoscale organization to signaling dynamics …

Modulation of intrinsically disordered protein function by post-translational modifications

A Bah, JD Forman-Kay - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) produce significant changes in the structural
properties of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) by affecting their energy landscapes …

Control of cell cycle transcription during G1 and S phases

C Bertoli, JM Skotheim, RAM De Bruin - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2013 - nature.com
The accurate transition from G1 phase of the cell cycle to S phase is crucial for the control of
eukaryotic cell proliferation, and its misregulation promotes oncogenesis. During G1 phase …

Intrinsically disordered proteins and intrinsically disordered protein regions

CJ Oldfield, AK Dunker - Annual review of biochemistry, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and IDP regions fail to form a stable structure, yet
they exhibit biological activities. Their mobile flexibility and structural instability are encoded …

Conformational ensembles of an intrinsically disordered protein consistent with NMR, SAXS, and single-molecule FRET

GNW Gomes, M Krzeminski, A Namini… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) have fluctuating heterogeneous conformations, which
makes their structural characterization challenging. Although challenging, characterization …

Global analysis of phosphorylation and ubiquitylation cross-talk in protein degradation

DL Swaney, P Beltrao, L Starita, A Guo, J Rush… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Cross-talk between different types of post-translational modifications on the same protein
molecule adds specificity and combinatorial logic to signal processing, but it has not been …