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Protein intrinsic disorder on a dynamic nucleosomal landscape

, 2021
The complex nucleoprotein landscape of the eukaryotic cell nucleus is rich in dynamic proteins that lack a stable three-dimensional structure. Many of these intrinsically disordered proteins operate directly on the first fundamental level of genome ...
Jordan McIvor, Mercadante, Davide, McIvor, Jordan, Ruidiaz, Sarah F, Sveinn Bjarnason, Sarah F. Ruidiaz, Davide Mercadante, Pétur O. Heidarsson, Bjarnason, Sveinn, Heidarsson, Pétur O   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Partial depletion of plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 decreases subcutaneous fat cell hypertrophy and liver cholesterol in high‐fat‐fed female mice

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Obesity raises blood levels of PAI‐1, a protein linked to metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease in people with obesity. In female mice fed a high‐fat diet, partially lowering PAI‐1 led to smaller subcutaneous fat cells and lower liver cholesterol, without changing body weight or insulin sensitivity.
Claudia E. Ramirez Bustamante, Robert Sharp, Pradip K. Saha, Elizabeth S. Anaya, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Evelyn L. de Groot, Pooja Patel, Mi Jeong Heo, Aaron R. Cox, Kang Ho Kim, Sean M. Hartig   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fuzzy recognition by the prokaryotic transcription factor HigA2 from Vibrio cholerae

Nature Communications
Disordered protein sequences can exhibit different binding modes, ranging from well-ordered folding-upon-binding to highly dynamic fuzzy binding. The primary function of the intrinsically disordered region of the antitoxin HigA2 from Vibrio cholerae is ...
San Hadži, Zala Živič, Matic Kovačič, Uroš Zavrtanik, Sarah Haesaerts, Daniel Charlier, Janez Plavec, Alexander N. Volkov, Jurij Lah, Remy Loris   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The disordered boundary of the cell: emerging properties of membrane-bound intrinsically disordered proteins

Biomolecular Concepts, 2019
We define the disordered boundary of the cell (DBC) as the system formed by membrane tethered intrinsically disordered protein regions, dynamically coupled to the underlying membrane.
Mohammad Irrem-Laareb, Mateos Borja, Pons Miquel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emerging experimental and computational methods for studying redox‐regulated structural transitions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Redox reactions can reshape proteins and alter how they behave in cells, with important consequences for health and disease. This review explores emerging experimental and computational approaches for discovering these redox‐sensitive protein switches, revealing their structural effects, and predicting their behavior, opening new opportunities to ...
Tasneem Rass, Dana Reichmann, Gábor Erdős   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Binding Affinity of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein by α-Methylation of Key Amino Acid Residues [PDF]

, 2019
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), which undergo folding upon binding to their targets, are critical players in protein interaction networks.
Gilles, Travé, Natacha, Rochel, Vladimir, Torbeev, Camille, Kostmann, Bruno, Kieffer, Alexandra, Cousido-Siah, Boris, Schmidtgall, Gergő, Gógl, André, Mitschler, Judit, Osz, Jozica, Dolenc, Valentin, Bauer, Yves, Nominé   +12 more
core   +1 more source

The heterodimeric amino acid transporters (HAT) of the SLC7/SLC3 family: A structure−function relationships and relevance to human pathology

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Heterodimeric amino acid transporters consist of SLC7 and SLC3 family proteins arranged in a conserved structural organization. They regulate nutrient transport across cell membranes, supporting essential cellular functions. These transporters also contribute to xenobiotic/drug uptake and distribution.
Mariafrancesca Scalise, Tiziano Mazza, Raffaella Scanga, Lara Console, Michele Galluccio, Cesare Indiveri   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intrinsically disordered proteins and structured proteins with intrinsically disordered regions have different functional roles in the cell.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Many studies about classification and the functional annotation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are based on either the occurrence of long disordered regions or the fraction of disordered residues in the sequence.
Antonio Deiana, Sergio Forcelloni, Alessandro Porrello, Andrea Giansanti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward, Álvaro Ruiz‐Tabas, Patricia Altea‐Manzano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ensemble Docking for Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
Abstract Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are implicated in many human diseases and are increasingly being pursued as drug targets. Conventional structure-based drug design methods that rely on well-defined binding sites are however, largely unsuitable for IDPs.
Anjali Dhar, Thomas R. Sisk, Paul Robustelli   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources