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ReviewNucleus (Austin, Tex.)2024

Emergent microenvironments of nucleoli.

Matthew R King, Kiersten M Ruff, Rohit V Pappu

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Review in Nucleus (Austin, Tex.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matthew R KingDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus, MO, USA.
Kiersten M RuffDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus, MO, USA.
Rohit V PappuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus, MO, USA.

Funding

Understanding the Sequence and Structural Determinants of Phase Behavior of ALS-Causing ProteinsR01NS121114 · NINDS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Tanja Mittag, ROHIT V PAPPU · 2021 to 2026
$3.8M
Uncovering mechanisms of rRNA flux through the nucleolusF32GM146418 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KING, MATTHEW R · 2022 to 2024
$144k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM146418NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS121114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In higher eukaryotes, the nucleolus harbors at least three sub-phases that facilitate multiple functionalities including ribosome biogenesis. The three prominent coexisting sub-phases are the fibrillar center (FC), the dense fibrillar component (DFC), and the granular component (GC). Here, we review recent efforts in profiling sub-phase compositions that shed light on the types of physicochemical properties that emerge from compositional biases and territorial organization of specific types of macromolecules. We highlight roles played by molecular grammars which refers to protein sequence features including the substrate binding domains, the sequence features of intrinsically disordered regions, and the multivalence of these distinct types of domains / regions. We introduce the concept of a barcode of emergent physicochemical properties of nucleoli. Although our knowledge of the full barcode remains incomplete, we hope that the concept prompts investigations into undiscovered emergent properties and engenders an appreciation for how and why unique microenvironments control biochemical reactions.

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Cell NucleolusProtein DomainsBiomolecular condensatesemergent propertiesnucleolusphase separationpH gradients

Identifiers

PMID38443761
PMCPMC10936679

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