Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Keywords
Disease-associated Mutation, Intrinsically Disordered Region (IDR), Liquid-liquid Phase Separation (LLPS), Post-translational Modifications (PTM), Ahrr, Ahr, Single-minded Protein 1 (SIM1), SIM2, Hif-2α, NPAS4, ARNT2, BMAL1, D2P2, Disorder Prediction, LLPS Prediction, Cancer, Huvarbase, Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC), Catgranule, Pscore, STRING, Waltz
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22062868
Abstract
The basic helix–loop–helix/Per-ARNT-SIM (bHLH-PAS) proteins are a family of transcription factors regulating expression of a wide range of genes involved in different functions, ranging from differentiation and development control by oxygen and toxins sensing to circadian clock setting. In addition to the well-preserved DNA-binding bHLH and PAS domains, bHLH-PAS proteins contain long intrinsically disordered C-terminal regions, responsible for regulation of their activity. Our aim was to analyze the potential connection between disordered regions of the bHLH-PAS transcription factors, post-transcriptional modifications and liquid-liquid phase separation, in the context of disease-associated missense mutations. Highly flexible disordered regions, enriched in short motives which are more ordered, are responsible for a wide spectrum of interactions with transcriptional co-regulators. Based on our in silico analysis and taking into account the fact that the functions of transcription factors can be modulated by posttranslational modifications and spontaneous phase separation, we assume that the locations of missense mutations inducing disease states are clearly related to sequences directly undergoing these processes or to sequences responsible for their regulation.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, v. 22, issue 6, art. 2868
Scholar Commons Citation
Kolonko-Adamska, Marta; Uversky, Vladimir N.; and Greb-Markiewicz, Beata, "The Participation of the Intrinsically Disordered Regions of the bHLH-PAS Transcription Factors in Disease Development" (2021). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 895.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/895
