Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Phase separation on cell surface facilitates bFGF signal transduction with heparan sulphate

  • Song Xue,
  • Fan Zhou,
  • Tian Zhao,
  • Huimin Zhao,
  • Xuewei Wang,
  • Long Chen,
  • Jin-ping Li,
  • Shi-Zhong Luo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28765-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is reported to occur in the intracellular environment. Here the authors show that heparan sulphate serves as a platform for basic fibroblast growth factor to undergo LLPS on the cell surface, therefore facilitating downstream signalling