ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2021
Protein self-assembly: A new frontier in cell signaling.
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- Catalytic Proximal Protein Oligomerization as an Anti-Tumor Strategy Targeting WDR5.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Origin of life: β-sheet amyloid conformers as the primordial functional polymers on the early Earth and their role in the emergence of complex dynamic networks.FEBS letters · 2025Review
- Microfluidic and Turbulent Mixing for mRNA LNP Vaccines.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- A self-assembling surface layer flattens the cytokinetic furrow to aid cell division in an archaeon.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- TDP43 aggregation at ER-exit sites impairs ER-to-Golgi transport.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Membrane-Driven Dimerization of the Peripheral Membrane Protein KRAS: Implications for Downstream Signaling.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Chaperone regulation of biomolecular condensates.Frontiers in biophysics · 2024Article
- Whi3 mnemon association with endoplasmic reticulum membranes confines the memory of deceptive courtship to the yeast mother cell.Current biology : CB · 2022Article
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Abstract
Long viewed as paradigm-shifting, but rare, prions have recently been discovered in all domains of life. Protein sequences that can drive this form of self-assembly are strikingly common in eukaryotic proteomes, where they are enriched in proteins involved in information flow and signal transduction. Although prions were thought to be a consequence of random errors in protein folding, recent studies suggest that prion formation can be a controlled process initiated by defined cellular signals. Many are present in normal biological contexts, yet are invisible to most technologies used to interrogate the proteome. Here, we review mechanisms by which protein self-assembly can create a stable record of past stimuli, altering adaptive responses, and how prion behavior is controlled by signaling processes. We touch on the diverse implications that this has for normal biological function and regulation, ranging from drug resistance in fungi to the innate immune response in humans. Finally, we discuss the potential for prion domains in transcription factors and RNA-binding proteins to orchestrate heritable gene expression changes in response to transient signals, such as during development.
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