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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

A Molecular Recruitment Colocalization Platform for Visualizing Multi-Protein Interactions and Engineering Biomolecular Condensates in Living Cells.

Lei Peng, Yu Hou, Yan Zhao, Jing-Ya Tang, Liu Song, Bo Peng, Min Li, Dian-Bing Wang, Xian-En Zhang

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors.

Lei PengInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Yu HouInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Yan ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China.
Jing-Ya TangInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Liu SongInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Bo PengInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Min LiInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Dian-Bing WangInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Xian-En ZhangInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1347-3168

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFA1205804National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC2303501National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFA0915000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visualizing dynamic protein-protein interactions (PPIs) and phase-separated biomolecular condensates in live cells is crucial for understanding cellular processes. Here, a method is introduced for analyzing both PPIs and condensates, termed molecular recruitment colocalization (MRC), which localizes interacting partners and generates fluorescent signals at designated genomic loci. MRC enables the simultaneous visualization of multi-protein interactions and the preliminary estimation of binding affinities during PPIs. Through MRC, the study can quickly discover and validate new proteins or structural domains capable of forming condensates and can also integrate PPIs to study condensates. Furthermore, the versatility of MRC is demonstrated in phase-separated condensates research: programming phase separation sites to study the interactions and behaviors between different condensates, recruiting target proteins into programmable condensates, obtaining the properties of diverse engineered condensates, and probing the physical properties of condensates within live cells. Therefore, MRC can become a versatile platform for studying both PPIs and biomolecular condensates.

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Biomolecular CondensatesProtein Interaction MappingHumansProtein Bindingcolocalizationcondensateslive cell imagingmulti‐protein interactionsphase separationprotein binding ability

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PMID40692378
PMCPMC12499469

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