Whence Blobs? Phylogenetics of functional protein condensates

© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society..

What do we know about the molecular evolution of functional protein condensation? The capacity of proteins to form biomolecular condensates (compact, protein-rich states, not bound by membranes, but still separated from the rest of the contents of the cell) appears in many cases to be bestowed by weak, transient interactions within one or between proteins. Natural selection is expected to remove or fix amino acid changes, insertions or deletions that preserve and change this condensation capacity when doing so is beneficial to the cell. A few recent studies have begun to explore this frontier of phylogenetics at the intersection of biophysics and cell biology.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Biochemical Society transactions - 48(2020), 5 vom: 30. Okt., Seite 2151-2158

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pritišanac, Iva [VerfasserIn]
Zarin, Taraneh [VerfasserIn]
Forman-Kay, Julie D [VerfasserIn]
Moses, Alan M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptive evolution
Amino Acids
Condensate formation
DDX3X protein, human
DEAD-box RNA Helicases
EC 3.6.1.-
EC 3.6.4.13
Evolutionary cell biology
Evolutionary genetics
Journal Article
Molecular evolution
Phase separation
Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

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Date Completed 09.08.2021

Date Revised 09.08.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1042/BST20200355

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315563745