Fundamental Aspects of Phase-Separated Biomolecular Condensates

HX Zhou, D Kota, S Qin, R Prasad - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates, formed through phase separation, are upending our
understanding in much of molecular, cell, and developmental biology. There is an urgent …

Theoretical and data-driven approaches for biomolecular condensates

KL Saar, D Qian, LL Good, AS Morgunov… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensation processes are increasingly recognized as a fundamental
mechanism that living cells use to organize biomolecules in time and space. These …

Sequence-dependent material properties of biomolecular condensates and their relation to dilute phase conformations

D Sundaravadivelu Devarajan, J Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Material properties of phase-separated biomolecular condensates, enriched with disordered
proteins, dictate many cellular functions. Contrary to the progress made in understanding the …

Sequence-specific interactions determine viscoelasticity and ageing dynamics of protein condensates

I Alshareedah, WM Borcherds, SR Cohen, A Singh… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates are viscoelastic materials. Here we investigate the determinants
of the sequence-encoded and age-dependent viscoelasticity of condensates formed by the …

Adenosine triphosphate mediates phase separation of disordered basic proteins by bridging intermolecular interaction networks

D Kota, R Prasad, HX Zhou - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is an abundant molecule with crucial cellular roles as the
energy currency and a building block of nucleic acids and for protein phosphorylation. Here …

Determinants of viscoelasticity and flow activation energy in biomolecular condensates

I Alshareedah, A Singh, S Yang, V Ramachandran… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The form and function of biomolecular condensates are intimately linked to their material
properties. Here, we integrate microrheology with molecular simulations to dissect the …

[HTML][HTML] Sequence-dependent material properties of biomolecular condensates and their relation to dilute phase conformations

DS Devarajan, J Wang, B Szała-Mendyk… - Nature …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Material properties of phase-separated biomolecular condensates, enriched with disordered
proteins, dictate many cellular functions. Contrary to the progress made in understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Amino acid-dependent phase equilibrium and material properties of tetrapeptide condensates

Y Zhang, R Prasad, S Su, D Lee, HX Zhou - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024 - cell.com
The rules of how amino acids dictate the physical properties of biomolecular condensates
are still incomplete. Here, we study condensates formed by tetrapeptides of the form …

[HTML][HTML] ATP mediates phase separation of disordered basic proteins by bridging intermolecular interaction networks

D Kota, R Prasad, HX Zhou - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
ATP is an abundant molecule with crucial cellular roles as the energy currency and a
building block of nucleic acids and for protein phosphorylation. Here we show that ATP …

[HTML][HTML] Amino Acid-Dependent Material Properties of Tetrapeptide Condensates

Y Zhang, R Prasad, S Su, D Lee, HX Zhou - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Condensates formed by intrinsically disordered proteins mediate a myriad of cellular
processes and are linked to pathological conditions including neurodegeneration. Rules of …