Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA.
Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Dev Cell. 2022 Jul 25;57(14):1677-1679. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.07.001.
Although it is understood that myriad proteins function in cells within biomolecular condensates, it is unclear how protein condensation is altered in human disease. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Banani et al. show that mutations in disease-associated proteins may map to phase-separation-prone regions and thereby alter condensate formation.
尽管人们已经了解到无数蛋白质在生物分子凝聚物中的细胞内发挥功能,但尚不清楚蛋白质凝聚物在人类疾病中是如何改变的。在本期《发育细胞》中,Banani 等人表明,与疾病相关的蛋白质突变可能定位于易发生相分离的区域,从而改变凝聚物的形成。