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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2025

BAV-LLPS: a database of bacterial, archaea, and virus liquid-liquid phase separation proteins.

Cecilia B Rodriguez, Ronaldo Romario Tunque Cahui, Nicolas Demitroff, Layla Hirsh, Damien P Devos, Graciela Boccaccio, Gustavo Parisi

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Cecilia B RodriguezDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal B1876BXD, Argentina.
Ronaldo Romario Tunque CahuiDepartment of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima 15088, Peru.
Nicolas DemitroffDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal B1876BXD, Argentina.
Layla HirshDepartment of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima 15088, Peru.
Damien P DevosUniv. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR 9017-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille F-59000, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9453-4753
Graciela BoccaccioFundación Instituto Leloir (FIL)-Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires (IIBBA)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires C1405BWE, Argentina.
Gustavo ParisiDepartamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal B1876BXD, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-7444-1624

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Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica [ANPCyT PICT 2018-03190Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica [ANPCyT PICT 2020-2195European Union [Horizon Europe MSCA SE 101182949Universidad Nacional de Quilmes PUNQ 2282/22
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Abstract

motivationLiquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a key process underlying the formation of biomolecular condensates, such as membrane-less organelles, that compartmentalize biochemical processes inside the cells. While LLPS has been extensively studied in eukaryotes, its role in bacteria, archaea, and viruses remains far less characterized. Recent studies in bacteria have revealed that LLPS-driven condensates play critical roles in RNA processing, stress response, and pathogenicity. Similarly, many viruses exploit LLPS to facilitate crucial steps in their infection cycles, including viral entry, genome replication, assembly, and host immune evasion.

resultsIn this work, we introduce a hand-curated database of LLPS proteins from bacteria, archaea, and viruses (BAV-LLPS Database). This resource, extended through sequence similarity searches, comprises over 5000 proteins and integrates diverse data including biological annotations, sequence features, predicted disordered regions, LLPS per site probability, and AlphaFold2-based structural models. Additionally, our web server enables users to explore both the curated and homologous derived datasets, providing a platform to uncover evolutionary relationships and intrinsic and differential properties of LLPS proteins across various taxonomic groups. This work seeks to deepen our understanding of LLPS mechanisms beyond eukaryotic organisms, emphasizing their significance across diverse life forms. It also aims to foster the development of specialized predictive tools that will facilitate the exploration and characterization of LLPS processes in a wide array of living organisms, thereby contributing to advancements in both fundamental biological research and applied biomedical sciences. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: BAV-LLPS DB is freely accessible at https://bav-llps-db.bioinformatica.org/. The data can be retrieved from the website. The source code of the database can be downloaded from https://bav-llps-db.bioinformatica.org/download.

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ArchaeaArchaeal ProteinsBacterial ProteinsDatabases, ProteinViral ProteinsBacteriaPhase SeparationVirusesArchaeal ProteinsBacterial ProteinsViral Proteins

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PMCPMC12532770

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