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

Phase separation of the oncogenic fusion protein EWS::FLI1 is modulated by its DNA-binding domain.

Emily E Selig, Erich J Sohn, Aiola Stoja, Alma K Moreno-Romero, Shivani Akula, Xiaoping Xu, Alexander J R Bishop, David S Libich

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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 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Fusion protein condensate formation via coiled-coil domains.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  14. Molecular basis of EWS interdomain self-association and its role in condensate formation.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Emily E SeligGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229.ORCID 0000-0002-3012-6814
Erich J SohnGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229.ORCID 0000-0001-5908-0912
Aiola StojaGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229.
Alma K Moreno-RomeroGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229.
Shivani AkulaGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229.
Xiaoping XuGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229.
Alexander J R BishopGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229.
David S LibichGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229.ORCID 0000-0001-6492-2803

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE---COREP30CA054174 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Lei Zheng · 1991 to 2026
$59.1M
Dysregulated transcription processes in Ewing sarcoma:R01CA241554 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI BISHOP, ALEXANDER JAMES · 2020 to 2025
$2.3M
An Integrated Biochemical and Structural Approach to Delineating the Biology of EWSR1 - Multi-Mode Detection and Imaging of Biomolecular Condensates.R01GM140127 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI LIBICH, DAVID STEVEN · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Structural and mechanistic investigation into EWS::FLI1 disruption of EWS function in transcription and DNA repairF31CA295030 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Erich Sohn · 2024 to 2026
$117k
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) RP170345Cancer Research UK RT6187EIF | Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) RT6187Greehey Family Foundation n/aHHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R01GM140127HHS | NIH | NCI | Center for Cancer Research (CCR) F31CA295030HHS | NIH | NCI | Center for Cancer Research (CCR) R01CA241554HHS | NIH | NCI | Center for Cancer Research (CCR) T32CA291696NCI NIH HHS F31 CA295030NCI NIH HHS P30 CA054174NCI NIH HHS R01 CA241554NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM140127St. Baldrick's Foundation (SBF) 634706Welch Foundation (The Welch Foundation) AQ-2001-20190330
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma (EwS) is an aggressive cancer of bone and soft tissue that predominantly affects children and young adults. A chromosomal translocation joins the low-complexity domain (LCD) of the RNA-binding protein EWS (EWS

Indexed as

DNAOncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1RNA-Binding Protein EWSHumansPhase SeparationProtein BindingProtein DomainsSarcoma, EwingDNAEWS-FLI fusion proteinFLI1 protein, humanOncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1RNA-Binding Protein EWSEWSEWS::FLI1 fusionintrinsically disordered proteinNMRRNA-binding protein

Identifiers

PMID40377985
PMCPMC12107149

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