Local thermodynamics governs the formation and dissolution of protein condensates in living cells
A. W. Fritsch, A. F. Diaz-Delgadillo, O. Adame-Arana, C. Hoege, M. Kreysing, M. Mittasch, M. Leaver, A. A. Hyman, F. Julicher, C. A. Weber
The paper investigates how temperature changes affect P granule condensates in C. elegans, showing their reversible dissolution and recondensation, which can be modeled by thermodynamic equilibrium principles.
bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2021Biophysics