Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

C9orf72-derived arginine-rich poly-dipeptides impede phase modifiers

  • Hitoki Nanaura,
  • Honoka Kawamukai,
  • Ayano Fujiwara,
  • Takeru Uehara,
  • Yuichiro Aiba,
  • Mari Nakanishi,
  • Tomo Shiota,
  • Masaki Hibino,
  • Pattama Wiriyasermkul,
  • Sotaro Kikuchi,
  • Riko Nagata,
  • Masaya Matsubayashi,
  • Yoichi Shinkai,
  • Tatsuya Niwa,
  • Taro Mannen,
  • Naritaka Morikawa,
  • Naohiko Iguchi,
  • Takao Kiriyama,
  • Ken Morishima,
  • Rintaro Inoue,
  • Masaaki Sugiyama,
  • Takashi Oda,
  • Noriyuki Kodera,
  • Sachiko Toma-Fukai,
  • Mamoru Sato,
  • Hideki Taguchi,
  • Shushi Nagamori,
  • Osami Shoji,
  • Koichiro Ishimori,
  • Hiroyoshi Matsumura,
  • Kazuma Sugie,
  • Tomohide Saio,
  • Takuya Yoshizawa,
  • Eiichiro Mori

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25560-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Nuclear import receptors (NIRs) regulate self-association of RNA-binding proteins as phase modifiers, while C9orf72-derived arginine-rich polydipeptides lead to aberrant phase transitions. Here the authors show in molecular basis how arginine-rich poly-dipeptides impede the ability of NIRs, particularly Kapβ2.