The Ubiquitous Nanocluster: A Molecular Scale Organizing Principle That Governs Cellular Information Flow

Overview

Journal Curr Opin Cell Biol

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2023 Dec 6

PMID 38056142

Authors

Maria F Garcia-Parajo

Satyajit Mayor

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Abstract

The language of biology at the scale of the cell is constituted of alphabets represented by biomolecules. These are stitched together in a variety of ways to create meaning. We argue that the phrases of this language are nanoscale molecular assemblies or nano-hubs for the purpose of information flow. At the cell surface information is sensed and processed via membrane receptors, often configured as multimers. These nano-assemblies serve as receiver nano-hubs, which are flexibly configured with additional nano-hubs that we term modifiers and transducers. This framework serves to process information that is transmitted for execution inside the cell. Here, we explore some examples about how nano-hubs are built and how they may contribute to cellular information flow.

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