Liquid-liquid phase separation and extracellular multivalent interactions in the tale of galectin-3

Autor: Yi-Ping Chiu, Yung-Chen Sun, De-Chen Qiu, Yu-Hao Lin, Yin-Quan Chen, Jean-Cheng Kuo, Jie-rong Huang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15007-3
Popis: Galectin-3 consists of an unstructured N-terminal domain (NTD) and a structured carbohydrate-recognition domain and agglutinates neutrophils and glycosylated molecules in the extracellular milieu. Here the authors combine biophysical and biochemical experiments with NMR measurements and show that the galectin-3 NTD undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) and agglutinates other molecules through this process.
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