Beyond Equilibrium Phase Diagrams: Enzymatic Activity Shakes Up Bacterial Condensates.

Mol Cell

Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada; Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada. Electronic address:

Published: July 2020

Phase separation is a thermodynamic process, but cells are inherently out of equilibrium. Guilhas et al. (2020) identify an active process through which an ATP-dependent motor controls the number and position of biomolecular condensates in bacteria.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2020.06.035DOI Listing

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