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Ndjali Quarta

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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The structured hairpin region of the bacterial ESCRT-III protein IM30 orchestrates stress-induced condensate formation

Ndjali Quarta, Katrin Debrich, Nadja Hellmann, Xingwu Ge, Pablo G. Argudo, Tika Ram Bhandari, Mischa Bonn, Martin Girard, Sapun H. Parekh, Lu-Ning Liu, Dirk Schneider

This study identifies the structured hairpin region of IM30 as the driver of stress-induced condensate formation in cyanobacteria, linking membrane stress, pH changes, and phase separation.

bioRxiv · Mar 1, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry

Membrane binding of a cyanobacterial ESCRT-III protein crucially involves the helix α1-3 hairpin conserved in all superfamily members

Lukas Schlösser, Mirka Kutzner, Nadja Hellmann, Denis Kiesewetter, Julia Bieber, Ndjali Quarta, Xingwu Ge, Tom Alexander Goetze, Benedikt Junglas, Fumiki Matsumura, Mischa Bonn, Frauke Gräter, Carsten Sachse, Lu‐Ning Liu, Carla Schmidt, , Dirk Schneider

The paper shows IM30 binds membranes via a conserved helical hairpin, initiating assembly into higher-order structures that mediate membrane remodeling, revealing a conserved mechanism across ESCRT-III superfamily members.

Protein Science · Nov 21, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry