Table 2.
Proteins and domains that facilitate LLPS in NDDs
| Names of proteins | RNA-binding domain | LLPS-promoting domains | References | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATXN2 | LSm | LSmAD |
Poly Q (548–571) |
Poly Q (616–656) | cIDR (900–1084) | – | [88, 148] | |
| FUS | RRM | – | – | PrLD | RGG (371–422) | RGG (453–501) |
PY-NLS (501–526) |
[149] |
| G3BP1/2 | RRM | – | – | NTF2L | Gly-rich | – | RGG | [34, 90] |
| hnRNPA1 | RRM1 | RRM2 | – | LCD | – | – | – | [92, 150] |
| hnRNPA2/B2 | RRM1 | RRM2 | – | LCD | [150] | |||
| Tau | – | – | – | PRD (P1, P2) |
MTBD (R1, R2, R3, R4) |
– | – | [82, 151] |
| TDP-43 | RRM1 | RRM2 | – | LCD | – | – | – | [149] |
| TIA1 | RRM1 | RRM2 | RRM3 | LCD | – | – | – | [104] |
ATXNT2, ataxin-2; FUS, fused in sarcoma; cIDR, C-terminal intrinsically disordered region; G3BP1/2, Ras-GAP SH3-domain-binding protein 1/2; Gly-rich, Glycine rich region; hnRNPA1, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1; hnRNPA2/B1, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein; LCD, low complexity domain; LSm, like-Sm; LSmAD, like-Sm associated domain; MTBD, microtubule-binding domain; NTF2L, nuclear transport factor 2-like; PolyQ, Polyglutamine; PRD (P1/2), Proline-rich domain 1/2; PrLD, Prion-like Domain; PY-NLS, PY-Nuclear localization signals; RGG, arginine‐glycine‐glycine repeat; RRM, RNA recognition motif; TDP-43, TAR DNA-binding protein 43; TIA1, T cell-restricted intracellular antigen-1