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The Patterning and Proportion of Charged Residues in the Arginine-Rich Mixed-Charge Domain Determine the Membrane-Less Organelle Targeted by the Protein
Membrane-less organelles (MLOs) are formed by biomolecular liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS). Proteins with charged low-complexity domains (LCDs) are prone to phase separation and localize to MLOs, but the mechanism underlying the distributions of such proteins to specific MLOs remains poorly un...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9324279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35887012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23147658 |
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author | Miyagi, Tamami Yamazaki, Rio Ueda, Koji Narumi, Satoshi Hayamizu, Yuhei Uji-i, Hiroshi Kuroda, Masahiko Kanekura, Kohsuke |
author_facet | Miyagi, Tamami Yamazaki, Rio Ueda, Koji Narumi, Satoshi Hayamizu, Yuhei Uji-i, Hiroshi Kuroda, Masahiko Kanekura, Kohsuke |
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description | Membrane-less organelles (MLOs) are formed by biomolecular liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS). Proteins with charged low-complexity domains (LCDs) are prone to phase separation and localize to MLOs, but the mechanism underlying the distributions of such proteins to specific MLOs remains poorly understood. Recently, proteins with Arg-enriched mixed-charge domains (R-MCDs), primarily composed of R and Asp (D), were found to accumulate in nuclear speckles via LLPS. However, the process by which R-MCDs selectively incorporate into nuclear speckles is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the patterning of charged amino acids and net charge determines the targeting of specific MLOs, including nuclear speckles and the nucleolus, by proteins. The redistribution of R and D residues from an alternately sequenced pattern to uneven blocky sequences caused a shift in R-MCD distribution from nuclear speckles to the nucleolus. In addition, the incorporation of basic residues in the R-MCDs promoted their localization to the MLOs and their apparent accumulation in the nucleolus. The R-MCD peptide with alternating amino acids did not undergo LLPS, whereas the blocky R-MCD peptide underwent LLPS with affinity to RNA, acidic poly-Glu, and the acidic nucleolar protein nucleophosmin, suggesting that the clustering of R residues helps avoid their neutralization by D residues and eventually induces R-MCD migration to the nucleolus. Therefore, the distribution of proteins to nuclear speckles requires the proximal positioning of D and R for the mutual neutralization of their charges. |
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spelling | pubmed-93242792022-07-27 The Patterning and Proportion of Charged Residues in the Arginine-Rich Mixed-Charge Domain Determine the Membrane-Less Organelle Targeted by the Protein Miyagi, Tamami Yamazaki, Rio Ueda, Koji Narumi, Satoshi Hayamizu, Yuhei Uji-i, Hiroshi Kuroda, Masahiko Kanekura, Kohsuke Int J Mol Sci Article Membrane-less organelles (MLOs) are formed by biomolecular liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS). Proteins with charged low-complexity domains (LCDs) are prone to phase separation and localize to MLOs, but the mechanism underlying the distributions of such proteins to specific MLOs remains poorly understood. Recently, proteins with Arg-enriched mixed-charge domains (R-MCDs), primarily composed of R and Asp (D), were found to accumulate in nuclear speckles via LLPS. However, the process by which R-MCDs selectively incorporate into nuclear speckles is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the patterning of charged amino acids and net charge determines the targeting of specific MLOs, including nuclear speckles and the nucleolus, by proteins. The redistribution of R and D residues from an alternately sequenced pattern to uneven blocky sequences caused a shift in R-MCD distribution from nuclear speckles to the nucleolus. In addition, the incorporation of basic residues in the R-MCDs promoted their localization to the MLOs and their apparent accumulation in the nucleolus. The R-MCD peptide with alternating amino acids did not undergo LLPS, whereas the blocky R-MCD peptide underwent LLPS with affinity to RNA, acidic poly-Glu, and the acidic nucleolar protein nucleophosmin, suggesting that the clustering of R residues helps avoid their neutralization by D residues and eventually induces R-MCD migration to the nucleolus. Therefore, the distribution of proteins to nuclear speckles requires the proximal positioning of D and R for the mutual neutralization of their charges. MDPI 2022-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9324279/ /pubmed/35887012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23147658 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Miyagi, Tamami Yamazaki, Rio Ueda, Koji Narumi, Satoshi Hayamizu, Yuhei Uji-i, Hiroshi Kuroda, Masahiko Kanekura, Kohsuke The Patterning and Proportion of Charged Residues in the Arginine-Rich Mixed-Charge Domain Determine the Membrane-Less Organelle Targeted by the Protein |
title | The Patterning and Proportion of Charged Residues in the Arginine-Rich Mixed-Charge Domain Determine the Membrane-Less Organelle Targeted by the Protein |
title_full | The Patterning and Proportion of Charged Residues in the Arginine-Rich Mixed-Charge Domain Determine the Membrane-Less Organelle Targeted by the Protein |
title_fullStr | The Patterning and Proportion of Charged Residues in the Arginine-Rich Mixed-Charge Domain Determine the Membrane-Less Organelle Targeted by the Protein |
title_full_unstemmed | The Patterning and Proportion of Charged Residues in the Arginine-Rich Mixed-Charge Domain Determine the Membrane-Less Organelle Targeted by the Protein |
title_short | The Patterning and Proportion of Charged Residues in the Arginine-Rich Mixed-Charge Domain Determine the Membrane-Less Organelle Targeted by the Protein |
title_sort | patterning and proportion of charged residues in the arginine-rich mixed-charge domain determine the membrane-less organelle targeted by the protein |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9324279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35887012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23147658 |
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