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ArticleScience advances2025

Active transport enables protein condensation in cells.

Gaurav Chauhan, Edward G Wilkinson, Yaning Yuan, Samuel R Cohen, Masayuki Onishi, Rohit V Pappu, Lucia C Strader

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR thermostability.Nature communications · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Gaurav ChauhanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, James McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2510-8635
Edward G WilkinsonDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Yaning YuanDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4187-8157
Samuel R CohenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, James McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Masayuki OnishiDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9799-4501
Rohit V PappuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biomolecular Condensates, James McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2568-1378
Lucia C StraderDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7600-7204

Funding

NIGMS administrative equipment supplement for R35 GM136338-02R35GM136338 · NIGMS · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI Lucia Strader · 2020 to 2026
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple factors drive biomolecular condensate formation. In plants, condensation of the transcription factors AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (ARF7) and ARF19 attenuates response to the plant hormone auxin. Here, we report that actin-mediated movement of cytoplasmic ARF condensates enhances condensation. Coarse-grained molecular simulations of active polymers reveal that applied forces drive the associations of macromolecules to enhance phase separation while giving rise to dense phases that preferentially accumulate motile molecules. Our study highlights how molecular motility can drive phase separation, with implications for motile condensates while offering insights into cellular mechanisms that can regulate condensate dynamics.

Indexed as

Arabidopsis ProteinsBiomolecular CondensatesTranscription FactorsActinsArabidopsisBiological Transport, ActiveIndoleacetic AcidsMolecular Dynamics SimulationActinsArabidopsis ProteinsIndoleacetic AcidsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID40408482
PMCPMC12101484

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