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ArticleNature2025

Diffusing protein binders to intrinsically disordered proteins.

Caixuan Liu, Kejia Wu, Hojun Choi, Hannah L Han, Xueli Zhang, Joseph L Watson, Green Ahn, Jason Z Zhang, Sara Shijo, Lydia L Good and 22 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Intrinsic Disorder as a Biomimetic Design Paradigm.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Caixuan Liu *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1954-0731
Kejia Wu *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. kejiawu@uw.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4532-4290
Hojun Choi *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8657-9548
Hannah L HanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4787-5168
Xueli ZhangKey Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Joseph L WatsonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Green AhnDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jason Z ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sara ShijoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lydia L GoodCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5308-8542
Charlotte M FischerCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Asim K BeraDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9473-2912
Alex KangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5487-0499
Evans BrackenbroughDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Brian CoventryDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6910-6255
Derrick R HickDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2950-1848
Seema QamarCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Xinting LiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Justin DecarreauDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Stacey R GerbenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Wei YangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Inna GoreshnikDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Dionne VafeadosInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2560-8907
Xinru WangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5994-707X
Mila LambDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Analisa MurrayDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1560-6673
Sebastian KennyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Magnus S BauerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Andrew N HoofnagleDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6449-0243
Ping ZhuKey Laboratory of Epigenetic Regulation and Intervention, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2648-3170
Tuomas P J KnowlesCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7879-0140
David BakerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. dabaker@uw.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7896-6217

Funding

Vector and Transgenic Mouse CoreP30DK017047 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 1986 to 2025
$12.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK017047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteins that bind to intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) with high affinity and specificity could be useful for therapeutic and diagnostic applications

Indexed as

Intrinsically Disordered ProteinsAmyloidHumansIslet Amyloid PolypeptideLysosomesModels, MolecularPrion ProteinsProtein BindingRNA Recognition Motif ProteinsAmyloidIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsIslet Amyloid PolypeptidePrion ProteinsRNA Recognition Motif Proteins

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PMID40739343
PMCPMC12367549

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