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ArticleBiophysical journal2017

Charge Influences Substrate Recognition and Self-Assembly of Hydrophobic FG Sequences.

Wesley G Chen, Jacob Witten, Scott C Grindy, Niels Holten-Andersen, Katharina Ribbeck

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wesley G ChenDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jacob WittenDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Computational Systems Biology Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Scott C GrindyDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Niels Holten-AndersenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Katharina RibbeckDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Electronic address: ribbeck@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USIIT@MIT · US

Funding

Interdepartmental Biotechnology Training ProgramT32GM008334 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WITTRUP, KARL DANE · 1989 to 2018
$15.2M
Graduate Training in Computational and Systems BiologyT32GM087237 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BURGE, CHRISTOPHER B · 2009 to 2023
$4.6M
Mucin Glycans in the Regulation of Microbial VirulenceR01EB017755 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI RIBBECK, KATHARINA · 2013 to 2022
$3.6M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB017755NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008334NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM087237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nuclear pore complex controls the passage of molecules via hydrophobic phenylalanine-glycine (FG) domains on nucleoporins. Such FG domains consist of repeating units of FxFG, FG, or GLFG sequences, many of which are interspersed with highly charged amino acid sequences. Despite the high density of charge in certain FG domains, if and how charge influences FG-domain self-assembly and selective binding of nuclear transport receptors is largely unexplored. Using rationally designed short peptide sequences, we determined that the charge type and identity of amino acids surrounding FG sequences impact the structure and selectivity of FG-based gels. Moreover, we showed that spatial localization of the charged amino acids with respect to the FG sequence determines the degree to which charge influences hydrophobic interactions. Taken together, our study highlights that charge type and placement of amino acids regulate FG-sequence function and are important considerations when studying the mechanism of nuclear pore complex transport in vivo.

Indexed as

Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsAmino Acid SequenceNuclear PoreProtein BindingProtein DomainsStatic Electricity

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PMID29117531
PMCPMC5685782
OpenAlexW2573737765

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