Abiotic acyl transfer cascades driven by aminoacyl phosphate esters and self-assembly

MD Pol, R Thomann, Y Thomann… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biochemical acyl transfer cascades, such as those initiated by the adenylation of carboxylic
acids, are central to various biological processes, including protein synthesis and fatty acid …

Motorless transport of microtubules along tubulin, RanGTP, and salt gradients

S Shim, B Gouveia, B Ramm, VA Valdez… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microtubules are dynamic filaments that assemble spindles for eukaryotic cell division. As
the concentration profiles of soluble tubulin and regulatory proteins are non-uniform during …

Salt Gradient-Induced Phoresis of Vesicles and Enhanced Membrane Fusion in a Crowded Milieu

R Yadav, N Sivoria, S Maiti - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phoresis of biocolloidal objects in response to chemical gradients is a matter of interest
among diverse scientific disciplines owing to their importance in the spatiotemporal …

Nucleotide-mediated modulation of chemoselective protein functionalization in a liquid-like condensed phase

NK Ettikkan, P Priyanka, RR Mahato… - Communications Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Liquid-like protein condensates are ubiquitous in cellular system and are increasingly
recognized for their roles in physiological processes. Condensed phase harbors distinctive …

Probing Phoretic Transport of Oxidative Enzyme-Bound Zn (II)-Metallomicelle in Adenosine Triphosphate Gradient via a Spatially Relocated Biocatalytic Zone

Priyanka, S Maiti - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Although cellular transport machinery is mostly ATP-driven and ATPase-dependent, there
has been a recent surge in understanding colloidal transport processes relying on a …

Enzymatic Dissociation of DNA-Histone Condensates in an Electrophoretic Setting: Modulating DNA Patterning and Hydrogel Viscoelasticity

N Sivoria, RR Mahato, Priyanka, A Saini, S Maiti - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Development of an energy-driven self-assembly process is a matter of interest for
understanding and mimicking diverse ranges of biological and environmental patterns in a …

Substrate-induced assembly of cascade enzymes and catalytic surfactants: nanoarchitectonics at the oil-in-water droplet interface

M Kaur, S Maiti - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The heterogeneous distribution of lipids and lipid-bound proteins in a plasma membrane
has functional advantages. Herein, in a synthetic system, we demonstrate the assembly of …

Diffusiophoretic transport of colloids in porous media

M Alipour, Y Li, H Liu, AA Pahlavan - arxiv preprint arxiv:2411.14712, 2024 - arxiv.org
Understanding how colloids move in crowded environments is key for gaining control over
their transport in applications such as drug delivery, filtration, contaminant/microplastic …

Spatial Shifting of Biocondensate Assembly Zone in a Microfluidic Gradient of Dissipative Condition

S Juneja, N Sivoria, S Maiti - ChemSystemsChem - Wiley Online Library
Pursuing non‐equilibrium chemistry with (bio) molecules is of utmost importance for the
design of life‐like dynamic materials that emerge in a constant flux of energy. Herein, we …