Channel: Phase separation

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In biochemistry, biomolecular condensates are a class of membrane-less organelles and organelle subdomains, which carry out specialized functions within the cell. Unlike many organelles, biomolecular condensate composition is not controlled by a bounding membrane. Instead, condensates can form and maintain organization through a range of different processes, the most well-known of which is phase separation of proteins, RNA and other biopolymers into either colloidal emulsions, gels, liquid crystals, solid crystals or aggregates within cells. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

2023 Articles

445 articles

Structure Reveals the Impact of Surface Charge Distribution on the Phase Separation and Aggregation of Slr0280

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Liquid-liquid phase separation of amyloid-β oligomers modulates amyloid fibrils formation

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Crosslink-Induced Conformation Change of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Have a Nontrivial Effect on Phase Separation Dynamics and Thermodynamics

  • Linge Li, Zhonghuai Hou, Linge Li, …, Zhonghuai Hou, Linge Li, Zhonghuai Hou
  • J Phys Chem B, 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01728
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Stressing the role of a short linear motif in ataxin-2 condensation

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We con-dense if we want to; We can’t leave AZUL outside

  • Thuy P Dao, Carlos A Castañeda, Thuy P Dao, …, Carlos A Castañeda, Thuy P Dao, Carlos A Castañeda
  • Structure, 10.1016/j.str.2023.03.006
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FIREBALL: A tool to fit protein phase diagrams based on mean-field theories for polymer solutions

  • Mina Farag, Alex S Holehouse, Xiangze Zeng, …, Alex S Holehouse, Xiangze Zeng, Rohit V Pappu
  • bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 10.1101/2023.03.19.533322
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Towards sequence-based principles for protein phase separation predictions

  • Michele Vendruscolo, Monika Fuxreiter, Michele Vendruscolo, Monika Fuxreiter, Michele Vendruscolo, Monika Fuxreiter
  • Curr Opin Chem Biol, 10.1016/j.cbpa.2023.102317
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Toward a high-resolution mechanism of intrinsically disordered protein self-assembly

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Sequence Tendency for the Interaction between Low-Complexity Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

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Phase Separation in Mixtures of Prion-Like Low Complexity Domains is Driven by the Interplay of Homotypic and Heterotypic Interactions

  • Mina Farag, Wade M Borcherds, Anne Bremer, Tanja Mittag, Rohit V Pappu
  • bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 10.1101/2023.03.15.532828
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2022 Articles

28 articles

Unravelling the microscopic characteristics of intrinsically disordered proteins upon liquid-liquid phase separation

  • Si Wu, Jitao Wen, Sarah Perrett, …, Si Wu, Jitao Wen, Sarah Perrett
  • Essays Biochem, 10.1042/ebc20220148
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Sequence-Based Prediction of Protein Phase Separation: The Role of Beta-Pairing Propensity

  • Pratik Mullick, Antonio Trovato, Pratik Mullick, …, Antonio Trovato, Pratik Mullick, Antonio Trovato
  • Biomolecules, 10.3390/biom12121771
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Biomolecular condensate phase diagrams with a combinatorial microdroplet platform

  • William E Arter, Runzhang Qi, Nadia A Erkamp, …, Peter St George-Hyslop, Simon Alberti, Tuomas P J Knowles
  • Nat Commun, 10.1038/s41467-022-35265-7
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Condensates formed by prion-like low-complexity domains have small-world network structures and interfaces defined by expanded conformations

  • Mina Farag, Samuel R Cohen, Wade M Borcherds, …, Anne Bremer, Tanja Mittag, Rohit V Pappu
  • Nat Commun, 10.1038/s41467-022-35370-7
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Heterotypic phase separation of Hfq is linked to its roles as an RNA chaperone

  • Omer Goldberger, Tamar Szoke, Anat Nussbaum-Shochat, …, Tamar Szoke, Anat Nussbaum-Shochat, Orna Amster-Choder
  • Cell Rep, 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111881
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Sequence determinants and solution conditions underlying liquid to solid phase transition

  • Yuxuan Li, Kaiqiang You, Tao Peng, …, Kaiqing You, Tao Peng, Tingting Li
  • Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 10.1152/ajpcell.00280.2022
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Intrinsically disordered regions that drive phase separation form a robustly distinct protein class

  • Ayyam Y Ibrahim, Nathan P Khaodeuanepheng, Dhanush L Amarasekara, …, Nicholas C Fitzkee, Loren E Hough, Steven T Whitten
  • J Biol Chem, 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102801
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Structural and functional organization of germ plasm condensates

  • Austin Chiappetta, Jeffrey Liao, Siran Tian, …, Jeffrey Liao, Siran Tian, Tatjana Trcek
  • Biochem J, 10.1042/bcj20210815
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Kinase regulation by liquid-liquid phase separation

  • Tania P López-Palacios, Joshua L Andersen, Tania P López-Palacios, …, Joshua L Andersen, Tania P López-Palacios, Joshua L Andersen
  • Trends Cell Biol, 10.1016/j.tcb.2022.11.009
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dSCOPE: a software to detect sequences critical for liquid-liquid phase separation

  • Kai Yu, Zekun Liu, Haoyang Cheng, …, Qi Zhao, Shiyang Kang, Ze-Xian Liu
  • Brief Bioinform, 10.1093/bib/bbac550
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