Engineering synthetic biomolecular condensates

Y Dai, L You, A Chilkoti - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
The concept of phase-separation-mediated formation of biomolecular condensates provides
a new framework to understand cellular organization and cooperativity-dependent cellular …

Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy

M Coan, S Haefliger, S Ounzain, R Johnson - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
RNA therapeutics (RNATx) aim to treat diseases, including cancer, by targeting or
employing RNA molecules for therapeutic purposes. Amongst the most promising targets …

Phase separation of protein mixtures is driven by the interplay of homotypic and heterotypic interactions

M Farag, WM Borcherds, A Bremer, T Mittag… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Prion-like low-complexity domains (PLCDs) are involved in the formation and regulation of
distinct biomolecular condensates that form via phase separation coupled to percolation …

Expanding the molecular language of protein liquid–liquid phase separation

S Rekhi, CG Garcia, M Barai, A Rizuan, BS Schuster… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the relationship between a polypeptide sequence and its phase separation
has important implications for analysing cellular function, treating disease and designing …

Interface of biomolecular condensates modulates redox reactions

Y Dai, CF Chamberlayne, MS Messina, CJ Chang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensates mediate diverse cellular processes. The density-transition
process of condensate formation results in the selective partitioning of molecules, which …

Programmable de novo designed coiled coil-mediated phase separation in mammalian cells

M Ramšak, DA Ramirez, LE Hough, MR Shirts… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Membraneless liquid compartments based on phase-separating biopolymers have been
observed in diverse cell types and attributed to weak multivalent interactions predominantly …

Modular RNA motifs for orthogonal phase separated compartments

JM Stewart, S Li, AA Tang, MA Klocke… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent discoveries in biology have highlighted the importance of protein and RNA-based
condensates as an alternative to classical membrane-bound organelles. Here, we …

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 …

Cross-talk of cation− π interactions with electrostatic and aromatic interactions: A salt-dependent trade-off in biomolecular condensates

MK Hazra, Y Levy - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates are essential for cellular functionality, yet the complex interplay
among the diverse molecular interactions that mediate their formation remains poorly …

Designer protein compartments for microbial metabolic engineering

Z Fang, YJ Zhu, ZG Qian, XX Xia - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Compartment formation driven by protein self-assembly or phase
transition.•Pathway enzymes can be directed into compartments for metabolic engineering.• …