Long-range gene regulation in hormone-dependent cancer

TT Tettey, L Rinaldi, GL Hager - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
The human genome is organized into multiple structural layers, ranging from chromosome
territories to progressively smaller substructures, such as topologically associating domains …

SOURSOP: A Python package for the analysis of simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins

JM Lalmansingh, AT Keeley, KM Ruff… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conformational heterogeneity is a defining hallmark of intrinsically disordered proteins and
protein regions (IDRs). The functions of IDRs and the emergent cellular phenotypes they …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting the DNA Damage Response for Prostate Cancer Therapy

TH Stracker, OI Osagie, FE Escorcia, DE Citrin - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Localized prostate cancer has a favorable prognosis and can be
effectively treated with radiotherapy, as well as therapies that target hormone production and …

Picosecond dynamics of a small molecule in its bound state with an intrinsically disordered protein

GT Heller, VK Shukla, AM Figueiredo… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are highly dynamic biomolecules that rapidly
interconvert among many structural conformations. These dynamic biomolecules are …

[HTML][HTML] An activity-specificity trade-off encoded in human transcription factors

J Naderi, AP Magalhaes, G Kibar, G Stik, Y Zhang… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) control specificity and activity of gene transcription, but whether a
relationship between these two features exists is unclear. Here we provide evidence for an …

[HTML][HTML] CEBPA phase separation links transcriptional activity and 3D chromatin hubs

M Christou-Kent, S Cuartero, C Garcia-Cabau… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Cell identity is orchestrated through an interplay between transcription factor (TF) action and
genome architecture. The mechanisms used by TFs to shape three-dimensional (3D) …

Looking back at 30 years of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

G Riddihough, C Surridge, AG Ladurner… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Over the past 30 years, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (NSMB) has covered an
enormous breadth of subjects in the broad field of molecular and structural biology. Here …

Kinetic stabilization of translation-repression condensates by a neuron-specific microexon

C Garcia-Cabau, A Bartomeu, G Tesei, KC Cheung… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The inclusion of microexons by alternative splicing is frequent in neuronal proteins. The
roles of these sequences are in most cases unknown, but changes in their degree of …

Protein Condensates in the Secretory Pathway: Deciphering Biophysical Interactions and Functional Significance

F Campelo, JV Lillo, J von Blume - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
The emergence of phase separation phenomena among macromolecules has identified
biomolecular condensates as fundamental cellular organizers. These condensates …

271st ENMC international workshop: Towards a unifying effort to fight Kennedy's disease. 20-22 October 2023, Hoofddorp, Netherlands

M Pennuto, PF Pradat, G Sorarù, L Greensmith… - Neuromuscular …, 2024 - Elsevier
The workshop held in the Netherlands from October 20–22, 2023, united 27 scientists from
academia, healthcare, and industry representing 11 countries, alongside four patient and …