Structural dynamics of IDR interactions in human SFPQ and implications for liquid–liquid phase separation

Koning H, Lai V, Sethi A, Chakraborty S, Ang C, Fox A, Duff A, Whitten A, Marshall A, Bond C, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology 81(7):357-379 (2025) DOI

SASDV77 – Human Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine rich SFPQ1 dimer with C-terminal truncation (delta599-707) in low salt buffer

Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine rich (1-598)
MWexperimental 137 kDa
MWexpected 130 kDa
VPorod 315 nm3
log I(s) 5.94×10-3 5.94×10-4 5.94×10-5 5.94×10-6
Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine rich (1-598) small angle scattering data  s, nm-1
ln I(s)
Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine rich (1-598) Guinier plot ln 5.94×10-3 Rg: 6.1 nm 0 (6.1 nm)-2 s2
(sRg)2I(s)/I(0)
Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine rich (1-598) Kratky plot 1.104 0 3 sRg
p(r)
Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine rich (1-598) pair distance distribution function Rg: 7.0 nm 0 Dmax: 28 nm

Data validation


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Synchrotron SAXS data from solutions of Human Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine rich SFPQ1 dimer with C-terminal truncation (delta599-707) in low salt buffer in 150 mM KCl, 20 mM HEPES, 5% glycerol, 5 mM MgCl2, 1 mM DTT, pH 7.5 were collected on the SAXS/WAXS beam line at the Australian Synchrotron storage ring (Melbourne, Australia) using a Pilatus3 S 2M detector at a sample-detector distance of 3 m and at a wavelength of λ = 0.10781 nm (I(s) vs s, where s = 4πsinθ/λ, and 2θ is the scattering angle). One solute concentration of 4.91 mg/ml was measured at 25°C. 400 successive 1 second frames were collected. The data were normalized to the intensity of the transmitted beam and radially averaged; the scattering of the solvent-blank was subtracted.

A dimer of the protein SFPQ(1-598) dialysed into a low salt buffer that appears to make the protein more compact than in a high salt buffer. The experiment was carried out at the Australian Synchrotron SAXS/WAXS beamline with protein at 4.91 mg/ml in 150mM KCl, 20mM HEPES (pH 7.4), 5% glycerol, 5mM MgCl2, 1mM DTT. This is part of the manuscript ' Structural dynamics of IDR interactions in human SFPQ and implications for liquid-liquid phase separation '. Porod and MW calculated using the Vp method https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.3528

Splicing Factor Proline/Glutamine rich (1-598) (SFPQ1-598)
Mol. type   Protein
Organism   Homo sapiens
Olig. state   Dimer
Mon. MW   65.1 kDa
 
UniProt   P23246 (1-598)
Sequence   FASTA