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ArticleBiophysical journal2024

Peptide diffusion in biomolecular condensates.

Riley J Workman, Caleb J Huang, Gillian C Lynch, B Montgomery Pettitt

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Riley J WorkmanUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas.
Caleb J HuangUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas.
Gillian C LynchUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas.
B Montgomery PettittUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas. Electronic address: mpettitt@utmb.edu.

Funding

Theory of Proteins and Peptides in SolutionR01GM037657 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI PETTITT, BERNARD MONTGOMERY · 1988 to 2023
$5.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM037657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffusion determines the turnover of biomolecules in liquid-liquid phase-separated condensates. We considered the mean square displacement and thus the diffusion constant for simple model systems of peptides GGGGG, GGQGG, and GGVGG in aqueous solutions after phase separation by simulating atomic-level models. These solutions readily separate into aqueous and peptide-rich droplet phases. We noted the effect of the peptides being in a solvated, surface, or droplet state on the peptide's diffusion coefficients. Both sequence and peptide conformational distribution were found to influence diffusion and condensate turnover in these systems, with sequence dominating the magnitude of the differences. We found that the most compact structures for each sequence diffused the fastest in the peptide-rich condensate phase. This model result may have implications for turnover dynamics in signaling systems.

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Biomolecular CondensatesPeptidesAmino Acid SequenceDiffusionModels, MolecularProtein ConformationWaterPeptidesWater

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PMID38751116
PMCPMC11213990

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