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ArticleACS nano2026

Emergence of Anisotropic Subcompartments via Coassembly of Hierarchically Ordered G-Quadruplexes and Fluid Polylysine in Droplet-Based Compartments.

Hiroka Sugai, Shunsuke Tomita, Mariko Toyoda, Kota Watanuki, Mao Fukuyama, Takashi Kajitani, Kazushi Kinbara

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Article in ACS nano, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hiroka SugaiResearch Center for Autonomous Systems Materialogy (ASMat), Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5957-0011
Shunsuke TomitaHealth and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0586-6976
Mariko ToyodaResearch Center for Autonomous Systems Materialogy (ASMat), Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.
Kota WatanukiSchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.
Mao FukuyamaInstitute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3330-0793
Takashi KajitaniCore Facility Center, Research Infrastructure Management Center, Institute of Science Tokyo, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.
Kazushi KinbaraResearch Center for Autonomous Systems Materialogy (ASMat), Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5945-9612

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Abstract

Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays a key role in cellular organization, enabling the formation of dynamic compartments that provide spatial and temporal control over biochemical processes. Although LLPS systems are typically fluidic, recent studies have revealed that specific molecular constituents can induce an internal structure. Here, we show that droplet formation between guanine quadruplexes (G4s) and polylysine peptides triggers G4-driven internal structural ordering. Using birefringence-retardation imaging, confocal fluorescence imaging, as well as X-ray diffraction and scattering techniques, we demonstrate that anisotropic subcompartments are gradually developed at specific points of their droplet-solution interfaces. The G4s possess intrinsic molecular rigidity due to their stacked G-quartet structures, and their interaction with the flexible polylysine peptides enables the formation of a hexagonal columnar phase (

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G-QuadruplexesPolylysineAnisotropyPhase SeparationPolylysineanisotropyG-quadruplexeshierarchical supramolecular assembliesliquid−liquid phase separationpeptides

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PMCPMC13063810

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