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 …

Intrinsically disordered proteins: critical components of the wetware

P Kulkarni, S Bhattacharya, S Achuthan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite the wealth of knowledge gained about intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) since
their discovery, there are several aspects that remain unexplored and, hence, poorly …

How phosphorylation impacts intrinsically disordered proteins and their function

EA Newcombe, E Delaforge… - Essays in …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Phosphorylation is the most common post-translational modification (PTM) in eukaryotes,
occurring particularly frequently in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). These proteins …

The genetic/non-genetic duality of drug 'resistance'in cancer

R Salgia, P Kulkarni - Trends in cancer, 2018 - cell.com
Drug resistance is a serious impediment to the treatment of cancer. However, the
mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. While it is widely held that the …

Disorder-to-order transition of the amyloid-β peptide upon lipid binding

H Fatafta, B Kav, BF Bundschuh, J Loschwitz… - Biophysical …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is mounting evidence that Alzheimer's disease progression and severity are linked to
neuronal membrane damage caused by aggregates of the amyloid-β (A β) peptide …

Evolving SAXS versatility: solution X-ray scattering for macromolecular architecture, functional landscapes, and integrative structural biology

CA Brosey, JA Tainer - Current opinion in structural biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•SAXS captures architecture and dynamics to elucidate molecular
ensembles.•SAXS advances now probe key thermodynamic and kinetic properties of …

Phenotypic plasticity, bet-hedging, and androgen independence in prostate cancer: role of non-genetic heterogeneity

MK Jolly, P Kulkarni, K Weninger, J Orban… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
It is well known that genetic mutations can drive drug resistance and lead to tumor relapse.
Here, we focus on alternate mechanisms—those without mutations, such as phenotypic …

Cdc-like kinases (CLKs): biology, chemical probes, and therapeutic potential

P Martín Moyano, V Němec, K Paruch - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Protein kinases represent a very pharmacologically attractive class of targets; however,
some members of the family still remain rather unexplored. The biology and therapeutic …

Intrinsically disordered proteins: the dark horse of the dark proteome

P Kulkarni, VN Uversky - Proteomics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A good portion of the 'protein universe'embodies the 'dark proteome'. The latter comprises
proteins not amenable to experimental structure determination by existing means and …

R2R3 MYB transcription factors–functions outside the DNA-binding domain

PS Millard, BB Kragelund, M Burow - Trends in Plant Science, 2019 - cell.com
Several transcription factor (TF) families, including the MYB family, regulate a wide array of
biological processes. TFs contain DNA-binding domains (DBDs) and regulatory regions; …