Charge screening and hydrophobicity drive progressive assembly and liquid-liquid phase separation of reflectin protein
Reid Gordon, Robert Levenson, Brandon T. Malady, Yahya Al Sabeh, Alan Nguyen, Daniel E. Morse
This study shows that charge screening and hydrophobicity drive the assembly and liquid-liquid phase separation of reflectin proteins, revealing mechanisms for tunable reflectivity in squid.
Journal of Biological Chemistry · Feb 6, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics