Liquid–liquid phase separation in crowded environments

AAM André, E Spruijt - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular condensates play a key role in organizing cellular fluids such as the cytoplasm
and nucleoplasm. Most of these non-membranous organelles show liquid-like properties …

RNA packaging into extracellular vesicles: An orchestra of RNA‐binding proteins?

F Fabbiano, J Corsi, E Gurrieri… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are heterogeneous membranous particles released from the
cells through different biogenetic and secretory mechanisms. We now conceive EVs as …

The cooperative binding of TDP-43 to GU-rich RNA repeats antagonizes TDP-43 aggregation

JC Rengifo-Gonzalez, K El Hage, MJ Clément… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
TDP-43 is a nuclear RNA-binding protein that forms neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions in two
major neurodegenerative diseases, ALS and FTLD. While the self-assembly of TDP-43 by its …

[HTML][HTML] Valency and binding affinity variations can regulate the multilayered organization of protein condensates with many components

I Sanchez-Burgos, JR Espinosa, JA Joseph… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular condensates, which assemble via the process of liquid–liquid phase
separation (LLPS), are multicomponent compartments found ubiquitously inside cells …

Molecular mechanisms behind mRNA localization in axons

B Turner-Bridger, C Caterino, JM Cioni - Open biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Messenger RNA (mRNA) localization allows spatiotemporal regulation of the proteome at
the subcellular level. This is observed in the axons of neurons, where mRNA localization is …

OsGRP3 Enhances Drought Resistance by Altering Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis Pathway in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

W Xu, Y Dou, H Geng, J Fu, Z Dan, T Liang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
As a sessile organism, rice often faces various kinds of abiotic stresses, such as drought
stress. Drought stress seriously harms plant growth and damages crop yield every year …

The role of ubiquitin in regulating stress granule dynamics

LJ Krause, MG Herrera, KF Winklhofer - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Stress granules (SGs) are dynamic, reversible biomolecular condensates, which assemble
in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells under various stress conditions. Formation of SGs …

RNA as the stone guest of protein aggregation

A Louka, E Zacco, PA Temussi… - Nucleic Acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The study of prions as infectious aggregates dates several decades. From its original
formulation, the definition of a prion has progressively changed to the point that many …

Long non-coding RNA-ribonucleoprotein networks in the post-transcriptional control of gene expression

P Briata, R Gherzi - Non-coding RNA, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although mammals possess roughly the same number of protein-coding genes as worms, it
is evident that the non-coding transcriptome content has become far broader and more …

A novel intronic circular RNA circFGFR1int2 up-regulates FGFR1 by recruiting transcriptional activators P65/FUS and suppressing miR-4687-5p to promote prostate …

R Wang, J Zhong, X Pan, Z Su, Y Xu, M Zhang… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) is a core component of the FGFs/FGFR pathway
that activates multiple signalling pathways, including ERK1/2, PI3K/AKT, PLCγ, and NF-κB …