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ArticleNature communications2025

Engineering bi-directional chemically-modulated synthetic condensates for cellular control.

Ni Zhen, Yue Yan, Guangya Zhu, Tianxin Zhu, Qi Zhang, Qi Chen, Yan Guo, Jidong Zhu, Qiuhui Pan, Jingjing Xie

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Ni Zhen *Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Yue Yan *School of Physical Science and Technology & State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
Guangya Zhu *Lingang Laboratory, Shanghai, 200031, China. zhugy@lglab.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-4496
Tianxin ZhuLingang Laboratory, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Qi ZhangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Qi ChenLingang Laboratory, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Yan GuoLingang Laboratory, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Jidong ZhuEtern Biopharma, 1505 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China. zhujidong@eternbio.com.
Qiuhui PanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, China. panqiuhui_med@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7386-2590
Jingjing XieSchool of Physical Science and Technology & State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China. xiejj@shanghaitech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5242-146X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82172357National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82302617Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality) 22ZR1440400Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality) 24ZR1451900Shanghai Science and Technology Development Foundation (Shanghai Science and Technology Development Fund) 22QA1412200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomolecular condensates are membraneless compartments involved in a wide range of cellular processes. Despite their fundamental role in the spatiotemporal regulation of cellular functions, tools for precisely manipulating phase-separated condensates remain limited, and effective methods for discovering and functionalizing tunable phase separation modules from natural proteins are lacking. Here we present a rational engineering approach for androgen receptor (AR) and its clinically used drugs to create a chemical genetic platform, ARDrop, enabling condensates formation and dissolution. This platform is applied to a diverse set of proteins to achieve intended cellular functions, ensuring robust and long-lasting functionality through stable liquid-like properties. Our work develops a powerful toolkit for reversible manipulation of condensates that can be used for dissection of complicated cell signaling, laying the foundation for engineering designer condensates for synthetic biology applications.

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Biomolecular CondensatesProtein EngineeringReceptors, AndrogenSynthetic BiologyHumansAR protein, humanReceptors, Androgen

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PMID40675979
PMCPMC12271318

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