Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39755440›Full record

ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2025

Protein quality control machinery: regulators of condensate architecture and functionality.

Anitha Rajendran, Carlos A Castañeda

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Small heat shock proteins and biomolecular condensates.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Anitha RajendranDepartment of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.
Carlos A CastañedaDepartment of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA; Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA; Bioinspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA; Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA. Electronic address: cacastan@syr.edu.

Funding

The Role and Mechanisms of UBQLN2-mediated Phase Transitions in the Assembly and Disassembly of Biomolecular CondensatesR01GM136946 · NIGMS · SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY · PI CASTANEDA, CARLOS ANTONIO · 2020 to 2024
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM136946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein quality control (PQC) mechanisms including the ubiquitin (Ub)-proteasome system (UPS), autophagy, and chaperone-mediated refolding are essential to maintain protein homeostasis in cells. Recent studies show that these PQC mechanisms are further modulated by biomolecular condensates that sequester PQC components and compartmentalize reactions. Accumulating evidence points towards the PQC machinery playing a pivotal role in regulating the assembly, disassembly, and viscoelastic properties of several condensates. Here, we discuss how the PQC machinery can form their own condensates and also be recruited to known condensates under physiological or stress-induced conditions. We present molecular insights into how the multivalent architecture of polyUb chains, Ub-binding adaptor proteins, and other PQC machinery contribute to condensate assembly, leading to the regulation of downstream PQC outcomes and therapeutic potential.

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ProteinsProteostasisAnimalsAutophagyHumansMolecular ChaperonesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitinMolecular ChaperonesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteinsUbiquitinchaperonescondensatesphase separationpolyphasic linkageprotein quality controlubiquitination

Identifiers

PMID39755440
PMCPMC11805624

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