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ArticleCell reports2014

Intrinsically disordered segments affect protein half-life in the cell and during evolution.

Robin van der Lee, Benjamin Lang, Kai Kruse, Jörg Gsponer, Natalia Sánchez de Groot, Martijn A Huynen, Andreas Matouschek, Monika Fuxreiter, M Madan Babu

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Article in Cell reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers.

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131 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Robin van der LeeMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK; Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: rvdlee@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.
Benjamin LangMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Kai KruseMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Jörg GsponerCentre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Natalia Sánchez de GrootMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Martijn A HuynenCentre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Andreas MatouschekDepartment of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Monika FuxreiterMTA-DE Momentum Laboratory of Protein Dynamics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen 4032, Hungary.
M Madan BabuMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK. Electronic address: madanm@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.

Funding

TRANS-NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143869 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI O'HALLORAN, THOMAS V · 2009 to 2013
$12.8M
Interactions Regulating Translation and Protein Biogenesis in VivoU54GM105816 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI BUSKIRK, ALLEN ROWDON, CLARK, PATRICIA LOUISE · 2013 to 2017
$3.7M
Protein unfolding in a physiological systemR01GM063004 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MATOUSCHEK, ANDREAS · 2001 to 2012
$2.7M
Medical Research Council MC_U105185859Medical Research Council U105185859NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143869NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063004NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM63004NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM105816NIGMS NIH HHS U54GM105816
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precise control of protein turnover is essential for cellular homeostasis. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is well established as a major regulator of protein degradation, but an understanding of how inherent structural features influence the lifetimes of proteins is lacking. We report that yeast, mouse, and human proteins with terminal or internal intrinsically disordered segments have significantly shorter half-lives than proteins without these features. The lengths of the disordered segments that affect protein half-life are compatible with the structure of the proteasome. Divergence in terminal and internal disordered segments in yeast proteins originating from gene duplication leads to significantly altered half-life. Many paralogs that are affected by such changes participate in signaling, where altered protein half-life will directly impact cellular processes and function. Thus, natural variation in the length and position of disordered segments may affect protein half-life and could serve as an underappreciated source of genetic variation with important phenotypic consequences.

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Models, MolecularAnimalsEvolution, MolecularHalf-LifeHumansMiceProtein FoldingProteinsProtein Structure, TertiarySaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSoftwareProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID25220455
PMCPMC4358326

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