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ArticleNature communications2022

RG/RGG repeats in the C. elegans homologs of Nucleolin and GAR1 contribute to sub-nucleolar phase separation.

Emily L Spaulding, Alexis M Feidler, Lio A Cook, Dustin L Updike

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily L SpauldingDavis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA. espaulding@mdibl.org.ORCID 0000-0001-9680-6348
Alexis M FeidlerDavis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Lio A CookDavis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Dustin L UpdikeDavis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1745-3669
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory · US

Funding

The Maine Biomedical Research Network (INBRE)P20GM103423 · NIGMS · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI Dustin Lynn Updike · 2012 to 2026
$60.0M
Understanding the role of thyroid hormone signaling during axolotl limb regenerationP20GM104318 · NIGMS · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI DRUMMOND, IAIN A. · 2013 to 2023
$23.0M
The function of germ granules in maintaining pluripotency in the C. elegans germlineR01GM113933 · NIGMS · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI UPDIKE, DUSTIN LYNN · 2015 to 2023
$3.1M
Understanding how Vasa Proteins Promote Cellular Pluripotency in the C. elegans Germline (Childcare Costs Supplement)F32GM143851 · NIGMS · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI SPAULDING, EMILY LOUISA · 2021 to 2022
$139k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM143851NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103423NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104318NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113933
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intrinsically disordered RG/RGG repeat domain is found in several nucleolar and P-granule proteins, but how it influences their phase separation into biomolecular condensates is unclear. We survey all RG/RGG repeats in C. elegans and uncover nucleolar and P-granule-specific RG/RGG motifs. An uncharacterized protein, K07H8.10, contains the longest nucleolar-like RG/RGG domain in C. elegans. Domain and sequence similarity, as well as nucleolar localization, reveals K07H8.10 (NUCL-1) to be the homolog of Nucleolin, a protein conserved across animals, plants, and fungi, but previously thought to be absent in nematodes. Deleting the RG/RGG repeats within endogenous NUCL-1 and a second nucleolar protein, GARR-1 (GAR1), demonstrates these domains are dispensable for nucleolar accumulation. Instead, their RG/RGG repeats contribute to the phase separation of proteins into nucleolar sub-compartments. Despite this common RG/RGG repeat function, only removal of the GARR-1 RG/RGG domain affects worm fertility and development, decoupling precise sub-nucleolar structure from nucleolar function.

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Caenorhabditis elegansRNA-Binding ProteinsAnimalsCell NucleolusNucleolinPhosphoproteinsNucleolinPhosphoproteinsRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID36329008
PMCPMC9633708
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