Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Halogenation of tyrosine perturbs large-scale protein self-organization

  • Huan Sun,
  • Haiyang Jia,
  • Olivia Kendall,
  • Jovan Dragelj,
  • Vladimir Kubyshkin,
  • Tobias Baumann,
  • Maria-Andrea Mroginski,
  • Petra Schwille,
  • Nediljko Budisa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32535-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Sun et al. has studied the genetically encodable halotyrosines in proteins of the prokaryotic cell division machinery to elucidate the general role of halogenation in cellular lifespan and oxidative damage-induced diseases such as aging and cancer.