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Nathan A. McDonald

Georgia Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0003-2716-3881Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintSep 1, 2026

Synaptic adhesion molecule signaling is activated and organized by tyrosine phosphorylation-induced biomolecular condensate formation

Shenghan Wu, Nicole A Morales, Daniel R Li, Nathan A. McDonald

This study identifies tyrosine phosphorylation sites on SYG-1 that drive biomolecular condensate formation, essential for presynapse assembly in C. elegans.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.25.747070

C. elegansproteomics

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NeurosciencePLoS BiologyPeer-reviewedDec 4, 2023

SAD-1 kinase controls presynaptic phase separation by relieving SYD-2/Liprin-α autoinhibition

Nathan A. McDonald, Li Tao, Meng‐Qiu Dong, Kang Shen

This study identifies SAD-1 kinase as a regulator of SYD-2/Liprin-α phase separation through phosphorylation, essential for presynaptic active zone assembly.

15 citations

experimental assay

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MicrobiologybioRxivNov 20, 2023

Contiguous and complete assemblies of Blastocystis gut microbiome-associated protists reveal evolutionary diversification to host ecology

Abigail L. Lind, Nathan A. McDonald, Elias R. Gerrick…·Katherine S. Pollard

This study presents contiguous and complete assemblies of Blastocystis strains, revealing genetic and metabolic diversity linked to host ecology and horizontal gene transfer.

DOI 10.1101/gr.279080.124

humanmouse

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