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ReviewBiochemistry2022

Principles Governing the Phase Separation of Multidomain Proteins.

Priyesh Mohanty, Utkarsh Kapoor, Dinesh Sundaravadivelu Devarajan, Tien Minh Phan, Azamat Rizuan, Jeetain Mittal

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Review in Biochemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Condensates as Conformation Editors of Disordered Client Proteins.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  13. Biomolecular Condensates Dictate the Folding Landscape of Proteins.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  15. Sticky interactions govern sequence-dependent dynamics in biomolecular condensates.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  18. Novel proteomics and neuropathology ofFrontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Priyesh MohantyArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Utkarsh KapoorArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Dinesh Sundaravadivelu DevarajanArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7825-0999
Tien Minh PhanArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8608-7359
Azamat RizuanArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Jeetain MittalArtie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9725-6402
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

Functional and Pathological Interactions of TDP-43R01NS116176 · NINDS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI FAWZI, NICOLAS LUX, MITTAL, JEETAIN · 2020 to 2024
$3.6M
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Heterochromatin OrganizationR01GM136917 · NIGMS · TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION · PI MITTAL, JEETAIN · 2020 to 2023
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM136917NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS116176
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A variety of membraneless organelles, often termed "biological condensates", play an important role in the regulation of cellular processes such as gene transcription, translation, and protein quality control. On the basis of experimental and theoretical investigations, liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) has been proposed as a possible mechanism for the origin of biological condensates. LLPS requires multivalent macromolecules that template the formation of long-range, intermolecular interaction networks and results in the formation of condensates with defined composition and material properties. Multivalent interactions driving LLPS exhibit a wide range of modes from highly stereospecific to nonspecific and involve both folded and disordered regions. Multidomain proteins serve as suitable macromolecules for promoting phase separation and achieving disparate functions due to their potential for multivalent interactions and regulation. Here, we aim to highlight the influence of the domain architecture and interdomain interactions on the phase separation of multidomain protein condensates. First, the general principles underlying these interactions are illustrated on the basis of examples of multidomain proteins that are predominantly associated with nucleic acid binding and protein quality control and contain both folded and disordered regions. Next, the examples showcase how LLPS properties of folded and disordered regions can be leveraged to engineer multidomain constructs that form condensates with the desired assembly and functional properties. Finally, we highlight the need for improvements in coarse-grained computational models that can provide molecular-level insights into multidomain protein condensates in conjunction with experimental efforts.

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Intrinsically Disordered ProteinsProteinsCell Physiological PhenomenaOrganellesIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsProteins

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PMID35802394
PMCPMC9669140
OpenAlexW4284973443

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