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DYRK3-Controlled Phase Separation Organizes the Early Secretory Pathway

Gallo, R.; Rai, A. K.; Pelkmans, L.

2020-02-10 cell biology Community evaluation
10.1101/2020.02.10.941757 bioRxiv
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The dual-specificity kinase DYRK3 controls formation and dissolution of several intracellular condensates thereby regulating various cell physiological processes. Here we report that DYRK3 establishes a dynamic equilibrium between condensation and dissolution of proteins associated with membranous structures of the early secretory pathway to organize membrane traffic between the ER and the Golgi complex in mammalian cells. This depends on the peripheral membrane protein Sec16A, whose N-terminal disordered region forms DYRK3-controlled liquid-like condensates on the surface of the ER and co-phase separates with multiple ER exit site components and a subset of matrix proteins specifically associated with ERGIC and cis-Golgi. Our findings support a mechanism whereby multiple interacting and differentially regulated intracellular condensates create favorable environments for directional membrane traffic in eukaryotic cells.

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