Theory and simulation of multiphase coexistence in biomolecular mixtures

WM Jacobs - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates constitute a newly recognized form of spatial organization in
living cells. Although many condensates are believed to form as a result of phase …

Asymmetric oligomerization state and sequence patterning can tune multiphase condensate miscibility

U Rana, K Xu, A Narayanan, MT Walls… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Endogenous biomolecular condensates, composed of a multitude of proteins and RNAs,
can organize into multiphasic structures with compositionally distinct phases. This …

[HTML][HTML] Current understanding of molecular phase separation in chromosomes

JK Ryu, DE Hwang, JM Choi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular phase separation denotes the demixing of a specific set of intracellular
components without membrane encapsulation. Recent studies have found that biomolecular …

Differential Effects of Sequence-Local versus Nonlocal Charge Patterns on Phase Separation and Conformational Dimensions of Polyampholytes as Model …

T Pal, J Wessén, S Das, HS Chan - The journal of physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conformational properties of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are governed by a
sequence-ensemble relationship. To differentiate the impact of sequence-local versus …

Analytical formulation and field-theoretic simulation of sequence-specific phase separation of protein-like heteropolymers with short-and long-spatial-range …

J Wessén, S Das, T Pal, HS Chan - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A theory for sequence-dependent liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) in the study of biomolecular condensates is formulated by …

Thermodynamic origins of two-component multiphase condensates of proteins

PY Chew, JA Joseph, R Collepardo-Guevara… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Intracellular condensates are highly multi-component systems in which complex phase
behaviour can ensue, including the formation of architectures comprising multiple …

[HTML][HTML] RNA chain length and stoichiometry govern surface tension and stability of protein-RNA condensates

R Laghmach, I Alshareedah, M Pham, M Raju… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Proteomic studies have shown that cellular condensates are frequently enriched in diverse
RNA molecules, which is suggestive of mechanistic links between phase separation and …

Emergence of multiphase condensates from a limited set of chemical building blocks

F Chen, WM Jacobs - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomolecules composed of a limited set of chemical building blocks can colocalize into
distinct, spatially segregated compartments known as biomolecular condensates. While …

A simple explicit-solvent model of polyampholyte phase behaviors and its ramifications for dielectric effects in biomolecular condensates

J Wessén, T Pal, S Das, YH Lin… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates such as membraneless organelles, underpinned by liquid–liquid
phase separation (LLPS), are important for physiological function, with electrostatics, among …

Molecular determinants for the layering and coarsening of biological condensates: Special Issue: Emerging Investigators

AP Latham, B Zhang - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many membraneless organelles, or biological condensates, form through phase separation,
and play key roles in signal sensing and transcriptional regulation. While the functional …