SHORT DISORDERED PEPTIDES ARE SUFFICIENT TO CONVERT PROTEINS INTO MECHANOSENSORS THAT RESPOND TO PHYSIOLOGICAL CELLULAR FORCES
Antuca Callejas-Marín, Walter G. Gonzalez, Tino Pleiner, Ting-Hao Huang, Aubrie De La Cruz, Ashutosh Pandey, Luis Sánchez-Guardado, Hamed Jafar‐Nejad, R.M. Voorhees, Carlos Lois
The paper shows that short disordered peptides can convert proteins into mechanosensors that respond to cellular forces, expanding the known mechanisms of mechanosensing.
bioRxiv · Nov 11, 2025 · PreprintCell Biology