Proteomic and bioinformatic analysis of the nuclear intrinsically disordered proteome

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are biologically active molecules which are involved in many cellular functions although they do not possess a defined three-dimensional structure. They are mostly signalling and regulatory proteins. This study is the first large-scale proteomic analysis of the nuclear IDPs. We experimentally showed that IDPs are overrepresented in the nucleus in comparison to the whole cell. The analysis in terms of molecular function indicated that nuclear intrinsically disordered proteome (IDP-ome) is enriched in proteins involved in transcription regulation and especially in transcription factors.