Neurospora crassa      Scaffold


※ Scaffold introduction

    Scaffolds were defined as the drivers of LLPS essential for the structural integrity of MLOs, and the major components which, alone or with co-scaffolds, undergo LLPS (1-4). A minimum set of six experimental tests, including the assembly of spherical droplets, the observation of fusion events, and the identification of mutations that abolish or inhibit LLPS in vitro and in cells have been proposed for rigorous analysis of LLPS processes (1). For each known scaffold protein, descriptions on performed assays of the minimum set of experiments were presented on its gene page. For example, the human fused in sarcoma (FUS), a well-characterized RNA-binding protein undergoing LLPS involved in formation of multiple biomolecular condensates (5,6-8), forms liquid-like droplets both in cells and at near physiological conditions in vitro. All the six experimental tests were performed to analyze the LLPS properties of FUS (9).

References
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3. Banani, S.F., Rice, A.M., Peeples, W.B., Lin, Y., Jain, S., Parker, R. and Rosen, M.K. (2016) Compositional control of phase-separated cellular bodies. Cell, 166, 651-663. PMID: 27374333
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5. Hofweber, M., Hutten, S., Bourgeois, B., Spreitzer, E., Niedner-Boblenz, A., Schifferer, M., Ruepp, M.D., Simons, M., Niessing, D., Madl, T. et al. (2018) Phase Separation of FUS Is Suppressed by Its Nuclear Import Receptor and Arginine Methylation. Cell, 173, 706-719 e713. PMID: 29677514
6. Murray, D.T., Kato, M., Lin, Y., Thurber, K.R., Hung, I., McKnight, S.L. and Tycko, R. (2017) Structure of FUS Protein Fibrils and Its Relevance to Self-Assembly and Phase Separation of Low-Complexity Domains. Cell, 171, 615-627 e61. PMID: 28942918
7. Guo, L., Kim, H.J., Wang, H., Monaghan, J., Freyermuth, F., Sung, J.C., O'Donovan, K., Fare, C.M., Diaz, Z., Singh, N. et al. (2018) Nuclear-Import Receptors Reverse Aberrant Phase Transitions of RNA-Binding Proteins with Prion-like Domains. Cell, 173, 677-692 e20. PMID: 29677512
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There are 23 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (23

No.StatusDrLLPS IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
LLPS-Nec-0013
NCU06075
Q7RVA8
ace-8
2
LLPS-Nec-0538
NCU06149
Q7S5D9
drh-10
3
LLPS-Nec-0300
NCU02397
Q7S4N8
ilv-5
4
LLPS-Nec-0569
NCU07683
Q7S9L9
LSM4
5
LLPS-Nec-1563
NCU00556
Q7SF93
NCU00556
6
LLPS-Nec-0774
NCU01820
Q7RWC2
NCU01820
7
LLPS-Nec-0085
NCU02011
Q7SFM1
NCU02011
8
LLPS-Nec-0974
NCU02103
Q7SDN0
NCU02103
9
LLPS-Nec-1455
NCU02808
Q7SEK6
NCU02808
10
LLPS-Nec-0090
NCU03311
Q7SEN3
NCU03311
11
LLPS-Nec-0404
NCU04784
Q7S6Q1
NCU04784
12
LLPS-Nec-1154
NCU04790
V5IKU8
NCU04790
13
LLPS-Nec-0189
NCU05400
Q1K8R9
NCU05400
14
LLPS-Nec-0989
NCU06145
Q7S5E3
NCU06145
15
LLPS-Nec-0205
NCU06226
Q7SBS9
NCU06226
16
LLPS-Nec-0415
NCU06540
Q7S9I6
NCU06540
17
LLPS-Nec-0321
NCU07868
U9WGE0
NCU07868
18
LLPS-Nec-1122
NCU07874
Q7SAS0
NCU07874
19
LLPS-Nec-0309
NCU07889
Q7SB05
NCU07889
20
LLPS-Nec-0159
NCU16757
V5ILY8
NCU16757
21
LLPS-Nec-1004
NCU03702
Q9HE26
nop-1
22
LLPS-Nec-1339
NCU04799
Q7S6N6
pabp-1
23
LLPS-Nec-1363
NCU04331
O59953
rpl-5