Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Keywords
Amino Acid Sequence, Protein Structure, Disorder Prediction, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-021-00774-3
Abstract
For proteins, the sequence → structure → function paradigm applies primarily to enzymes, transmembrane proteins, and signaling domains. This paradigm is not universal, but rather, in addition to structured proteins, intrinsically disordered proteins and regions (IDPs and IDRs) also carry out crucial biological functions. For these proteins, the sequence → IDP/IDR ensemble → function paradigm applies primarily to signaling and regulatory proteins and regions. Often, in order to carry out function, IDPs or IDRs cooperatively interact, either intra- or inter-molecularly, with structured proteins or other IDPs or intermolecularly with nucleic acids. In this IDP/IDR thematic collection published in Cell Communication and Signaling, thirteen articles are presented that describe IDP/IDR signaling molecules from a variety of organisms from humans to fruit flies and tardigrades (“water bears”) and that describe how these proteins and regions contribute to the function and regulation of cell signaling. Collectively, these papers exhibit the diverse roles of disorder in responding to a wide range of signals as to orchestrate an array of organismal processes. They also show that disorder contributes to signaling in a broad spectrum of species, ranging from micro-organisms to plants and animals.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Cell Communication and Signaling, v. 19, art. 88
Scholar Commons Citation
Bondos, Sarah E.; Dunker, A. Keith; and Uversky, Vladimir N., "On the Roles of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Regions in Cell Communication and Signaling" (2021). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 889.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/889
