Fus1 is a formin protein domain context in which an intrinsically disordered region is reported to drive condensation of the fusion focus. This condensation activity is essential for cell-cell fusion.
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condensation
A mechanism-level grouping derived from the current toolkit evidence. Current coverage includes 0 architectures and 2 components. Representative components include Fus1 and SMN tudor domain.
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Components
2 of 2The SMN tudor domain is a globular protein domain from SMN that is sufficient for dimerization-induced condensation in vivo. Its condensate-forming activity requires binding to dimethylarginine, supporting its use as a chemical-input interaction module for specifying membraneless organelle assembly.