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ArticleNature communications2023

Segmentation strategy of de novo designed four-helical bundles expands protein oligomerization modalities for cell regulation.

Estera Merljak, Benjamin Malovrh, Roman Jerala

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. 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
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Beyond Dimerization: Harnessing Tetrameric Coiled-Coils for Nanostructure Assembly.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  4. Engineering signalling pathways in mammalian cells.Nature biomedical engineering · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Estera MerljakDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-2830-1166
Benjamin MalovrhDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-5895-7233
Roman JeralaDepartment of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia. roman.jerala@ki.si.ORCID 0000-0002-6337-5251
National Institute of Chemistry · SIUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-protein interactions govern most biological processes. New protein assemblies can be introduced through the fusion of selected proteins with di/oligomerization domains, which interact specifically with their partners but not with other cellular proteins. While four-helical bundle proteins (4HB) have typically been assembled from two segments, each comprising two helices, here we show that they can be efficiently segmented in various ways, expanding the number of combinations generated from a single 4HB. We implement a segmentation strategy of 4HB to design two-, three-, or four-chain combinations for the recruitment of multiple protein components. Different segmentations provide new insight into the role of individual helices for 4HB assembly. We evaluate 4HB segmentations for potential use in mammalian cells for the reconstitution of a protein reporter, transcriptional activation, and inducible 4HB assembly. Furthermore, the implementation of trimerization is demonstrated as a modular chimeric antigen receptor for the recognition of multiple cancer antigens.

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Cell Physiological PhenomenaMammalsProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationProteinsAnimalsBiological PhenomenaProteins

Identifiers

PMID37031229
PMCPMC10082849
OpenAlexW4362716507

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