Peptide-Based Biomimetic Condensates via Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation as Biomedical Delivery Vehicles

S Song, T Ivanov, D Yuan, J Wang, LC da Silva… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates are dynamic liquid droplets through intracellular liquid–liquid
phase separation that function as membraneless organelles, which are highly involved in …

Ultrafast spectroscopy reveals slow water dynamics in biocondensates

KA Lorenz-Ochoa, CR Baiz - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cells achieve high spatiotemporal control over biochemical processes through
compartmentalization to membrane-bound as well as membraneless organelles that …

Intracellular delivery strategies using membrane-interacting peptides and proteins

L Mai, S Wimberley, JA Champion - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
While the cellular cytosol and organelles contain attractive targets for disease treatments, it
remains a challenge to deliver therapeutic biomacromolecules to these sites. This is due to …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of α-synuclein aggregation amid diverse environmental perturbation

A Wasim, S Menon, J Mondal - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Intrinsically disordered protein α-synuclein (αS) is implicated in Parkinson's disease due to
its aberrant aggregation propensity. In a bid to identify the traits of its aggregation, here we …

Entropy tug-of-war determines solvent effects in the liquid–liquid phase separation of a globular protein

S Mukherjee, S Ramos, S Pezzotti… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays a key role in the compartmentalization of cells
via the formation of biomolecular condensates. Here, we combined atomistic molecular …

Hydrogen-Bonded Network of Water in Phase-Separated Biomolecular Condensates

A Joshi, A Avni, A Walimbe, SK Rai… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates formed via phase separation of intrinsically disordered
proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs) and nucleic acids are associated with cell physiology and …

Mesoscale properties of biomolecular condensates emerging from protein chain dynamics

N Galvanetto, MT Ivanović, SA Del Grosso… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Biomolecular condensates form by phase separation of biological polymers. The cellular
functions of the resulting membraneless organelles are closely linked to their physical …

Sequence Sensitivity in Membrane Remodeling by Polyampholyte Condensates

S Mondal, Q Cui - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered peptides (IDPs) have been found to undergo liquid–liquid phase
separation (LLPS) and produce complex coacervates that play numerous regulatory roles in …

Wet Conformation of Prion-Like Domain and Intimate Correlation of Hydration and Conformational Fluctuations

G Hu, H Song, X Chen, J Li - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Proteins with prion-like domains (PLDs) are involved in neurodegeneration-associated
aggregation and are prevalent in liquid-like membrane-less organelles. These PLDs contain …

Significance of the Disulfide Bridge in the Structure and Stability of Metalloprotein Azurin

A Joy, R Biswas - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metalloproteins make up a class of proteins that incorporate metal ions into their structures,
enabling them to perform essential functions in biological systems, such as catalysis and …