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ArticleBMC genomics2023

Investigating phase separation properties of chromatin-associated proteins using gradient elution of 1,6-hexanediol.

Peiyu Zhu, Chao Hou, Manlin Liu, Taoyu Chen, Tingting Li, Likun Wang

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Article in BMC genomics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Peiyu Zhu *Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China.
Chao Hou *Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China.
Manlin LiuThe MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Taoyu ChenDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China.
Tingting LiDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China. litt@hsc.pku.edu.cn.
Likun WangDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China. wanglk@bjmu.edu.cn.
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Abstract

backgroundChromatin-associated phase separation proteins establish various biomolecular condensates via liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), which regulates vital biological processes spatially and temporally. However, the widely used methods to characterize phase separation proteins are still based on low-throughput experiments, which consume time and could not be used to explore protein LLPS properties in bulk.

resultsBy combining gradient 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HD) elution and quantitative proteomics, we developed chromatin enriching hexanediol separation coupled with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (CHS-MS) to explore the LLPS properties of different chromatin-associated proteins (CAPs). First, we found that CAPs were enriched more effectively in the 1,6-HD treatment group than in the isotonic solution treatment group. Further analysis showed that the 1,6-HD treatment group could effectively enrich CAPs prone to LLPS. Finally, we compared the representative proteins eluted by different gradients of 1,6-HD and found that the representative proteins of the 2% 1,6-HD treatment group had the highest percentage of IDRs and LCDs, whereas the 10% 1,6-HD treatment group had the opposite trend.

conclusionThis study provides a convenient high-throughput experimental method called CHS-MS. This method can efficiently enrich proteins prone to LLPS and can be extended to explore LLPS properties of CAPs in different biological systems.

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ChromatinCorneal Dystrophies, HereditaryChromatography, LiquidGlycolsHumansChromatinGlycolshexamethylene glycol1,6-hexanediolChromatin-associated proteinsHigh-throughput experimental methodsLiquid–liquid phase separation

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