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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020

Composition-based prediction and rational manipulation of prion-like domain recruitment to stress granules.

Amy E Boncella, Jenifer E Shattuck, Sean M Cascarina, Kacy R Paul, Matthew H Baer, Anastasia Fomicheva, Andrew K Lamb, Eric D Ross

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amy E BoncellaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Jenifer E ShattuckDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Sean M CascarinaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.ORCID 0000-0002-3054-2332
Kacy R PaulDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Matthew H BaerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Anastasia FomichevaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Andrew K LambDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Eric D RossDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 eric.ross@colostate.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6473-9977
Colorado State University · US

Funding

Functional and Pathological Assembly of Prion-like DomainsR35GM130352 · NIGMS · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Eric D Ross · 2019 to 2026
$3.1M
The determinants of aggregation and toxicity of prion-like domainsR01GM105991 · NIGMS · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ROSS, ERIC D · 2013 to 2017
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105991NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in a number of stress granule-associated proteins have been linked to various neurodegenerative diseases. Several of these mutations are found in aggregation-prone prion-like domains (PrLDs) within these proteins. In this work, we examine the sequence features governing PrLD localization to stress granules upon stress. We demonstrate that many yeast PrLDs are sufficient for stress-induced assembly into microscopically visible foci that colocalize with stress granule markers. Additionally, compositional biases exist among PrLDs that assemble upon stress, and these biases are consistent across different stressors. Using these biases, we have developed a composition-based prediction method that accurately predicts PrLD assembly into foci upon heat shock. We show that compositional changes alter PrLD assembly behavior in a predictable manner, while scrambling primary sequence has little effect on PrLD assembly and recruitment to stress granules. Furthermore, we were able to design synthetic PrLDs that were efficiently recruited to stress granules, and found that aromatic amino acids, which have previously been linked to PrLD phase separation, were dispensable for this recruitment. These results highlight the flexible sequence requirements for stress granule recruitment and suggest that PrLD localization to stress granules is driven primarily by amino acid composition, rather than primary sequence.

Indexed as

Protein DomainsBase CompositionCytoplasmic GranulesHeat-Shock ProteinsMutationNeurodegenerative DiseasesPrion ProteinsPrionsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence Analysis, ProteinSodium AzideStress, PhysiologicalHeat-Shock ProteinsPrion ProteinsPrionsSodium Azideprionprion-likestress granuleyeast

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PMID32127480
PMCPMC7084078
OpenAlexW3010296929

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