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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Client-scaffold interactions suppress aggregation of a client protein in model condensates.

Rashik Ahmed, Rhea P Hudson, Julie D Forman-Kay, Lewis E Kay

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Rashik AhmedDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.
Rhea P HudsonProgram in Molecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0008-8781-3536
Julie D Forman-KayDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8265-972X
Lewis E KayDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4054-4083

Funding

Canadian Government | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) FND-503573Canadian Government | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) PJT-190060Canadian Government | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 2024-03872Canadian Government | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 2024-05725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many studies have shown that sequestration of client proteins into condensates locally increases their concentrations and/or modulates their conformational landscapes to promote aberrant aggregation. Far fewer examples have emerged where the proteinaceous condensed phase environment protects clients from aggregation. Here, we show that a condensate scaffolded by the C-terminal disordered region of Cell Cycle Associated Protein 1 (CAPRIN1) suppresses aggregation of the Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) RNA Recognition Motif (RRM) client, both components of stress granules. Although FUS RRM aggregation is mediated through the unfolded ensemble, comparative NMR studies of the FUS RRM outside and within the condensate establish that CAPRIN1 condensates attenuate FUS RRM aggregation despite locally increasing its concentration by twofold and significantly unfolding the domain. Regions of transient intermolecular contacts between unfolded FUS RRM protomers that could drive aggregation have been identified, including the hydrophobic segments spanning I287-I308 and G335-A369. Intermolecular NOE experiments recorded on the FUS RRM:CAPRIN1 condensate indicate that CAPRIN1 interacts with much of the unfolded FUS RRM, with regions of stronger contacts including the RRM sequences

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Biomolecular CondensatesCell Cycle ProteinsProtein AggregatesRNA-Binding Protein FUSHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingRNA Recognition MotifStress GranulesCAPRIN1 protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsFUS protein, humanProtein AggregatesRNA-Binding Protein FUSCAPRIN1FUS RRMNMR spectroscopyphase separationprotein free energy landscape

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PMID40794831
PMCPMC12377752

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