Reentrant liquid condensate phase of proteins is stabilized by hydrophobic and non-ionic interactions | Nature Communications

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Download PDF Subjects Biological physics Biophysical chemistry Biophysics Intrinsically disordered proteins Proteins Abstract Liquid–liquid phase separation of proteins underpins the formation of membraneless compartments in living cells. Elucidating the molecular driving forces underlying protein phase transitions is therefore a key objective for understanding biological function and malfunction. Here we show that cellular proteins, which form condensates at low salt concentrations, including FUS, TDP-43, Brd4, Sox2, and Annexin A11, can reenter a phase-separated regime at high salt concentra

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