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ArticleCell reports2026

Kinase condensates enrich ATP and trigger autophosphorylation.

Nicholas E Lea, Lindsay B Case

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2 authors.

Nicholas E LeaDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Lindsay B CaseDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: lcase@mit.edu.

Funding

Pre-doctoral Training in Fundamental Approaches to Biochemistry and Cell and Molecular BiologyT32GM136540 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Mary Gehring, Michael Laub · 2021 to 2026
$9.5M
New insights into the molecular regulation of mechanotransductionDP2GM149549 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CASE, LINDSAY · 2022 to 2025
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM149549NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kinase-mediated signal transduction regulates most cellular processes, and concentration-dependent autophosphorylation is a common mechanism to promote kinase signaling. Many kinases undergo phase separation to form condensates. Despite the central role of autophosphorylation in regulating kinase activity, how condensates impact kinase autophosphorylation has not been systematically studied. Using biochemical reconstitution and cellular studies, we find that phase separation can concentrate kinases to effectively trigger the trans-autophosphorylation of the tyrosine kinases FAK and Abl, as well as the serine/threonine kinase Mst2. Moreover, kinase condensates can create a chemical environment that enriches ATP, and positively charged intrinsically disordered regions are one feature that enrich ATP into condensates. Thus, kinase phase separation is a general mechanism to activate kinase signaling pathways by locally concentrating both kinases and ATP to trigger autophosphorylation.

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Adenosine TriphosphateBiomolecular CondensatesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-ablAnimalsHumansPhase SeparationPhosphorylationSignal TransductionAdenosine TriphosphateProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-ablABLautophosphorylationcondensatesCP: Cell biologyCP: Molecular biologyFAKkinaseMSTphase separationsignaling

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PMID42225071
PMCPMC13430976

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