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ArticleNature chemical biology2025

µMap proximity labeling in living cells reveals stress granule disassembly mechanisms.

Chenmengxiao Roderick Pan, Steve D Knutson, Sean W Huth, David W C MacMillan

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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  6. Prion-Like Protein LENG8-Mediated Nucleation Drives Stress Granule Assembly.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  18. Cytoplasmic circular dsDNA is a key constituent of stress granules.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Chenmengxiao Roderick PanMerck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-7990-424X
Steve D KnutsonMerck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Sean W HuthMerck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4892-2587
David W C MacMillanMerck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. dmacmill@princeton.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6447-0587

Funding

Photoredox Catalysis Applications in Organometallics and Chemical BiologyR35GM134897 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI David W MacMillan · 2020 to 2026
$6.3M
Mechanistic Interrogation of Long Non-coding RNAs using Photocatalytic Proximity Labeling and CRISPR Phenotypic ProfilingK99GM154140 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI KNUTSON, STEVEN DOUGLAS · 2024 to 2025
$250k
High-Resolution Mapping of Subcellular RNA Dynamics Using Photocatalytic Proximity LabelingF32GM142206 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI KNUTSON, STEVEN DOUGLAS · 2021 to 2023
$202k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM142206NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM154140NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM134897U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) 1F32GM142206-01U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) R35GM134897
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phase-separated condensates are membrane-less intracellular structures comprising dynamic protein interactions that organize essential biological processes. Understanding the composition and dynamics of these organelles advances our knowledge of cellular behaviors and disease pathologies related to granule dysregulation. In this study, we apply microenvironment mapping with a HaloTag-based platform (HaloMap) to characterize intracellular stress granule dynamics in living cells. After validating the robustness and sensitivity of this approach, we then profile the stress granule proteome throughout the formation and disassembly and under pharmacological perturbation. These experiments reveal several ubiquitin-related modulators, including the HECT (homologous to E6AP C terminus) E3 ligases ITCH and NEDD4L, as well as the ubiquitin receptor toll-interacting protein TOLLIP, as key mediators of granule disassembly. In addition, we identify an autophagy-related pathway that promotes granule clearance. Collectively, this work establishes a general photoproximity labeling approach for unraveling intracellular protein interactomes and uncovers previously unexplored regulatory mechanisms of stress granule dynamics.

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Stress GranulesAutophagyHeLa CellsHumansProteomeUbiquitin-Protein LigasesProteomeUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID39215100
PMCPMC11868469

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