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  • Biophysics
  • Chemical Physics
  • Cell Biology

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  • Biomolecular condensates drive cellular organization via phase separation.
  • Energy is typically used to slow condensate coarsening, opposing natural thermodynamic processes.
  • Cells can also use energy to accelerate thermodynamic processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To theoretically investigate accelerating biocondensate coarsening using chemical reactions.
  • To explore the interplay between reaction kinetics and phase separation dynamics.
  • To identify conditions for enhancing Ostwald ripening rates.

Main Methods:

  • Combined Lifshitz-Slyozov theory with a reaction-diffusion model.
  • Modeled particle interconversion between phase-separating and inert forms.
  • Analyzed the impact of reaction location on condensate growth.

Main Results:

  • Mass conservation limits volume growth to linear time dependence, even with internal reactions.
  • Restricting reactions to the exterior of droplets can drastically increase Ostwald ripening rates.
  • Theoretical predictions are quantitatively supported by experimental data.

Conclusions:

  • Chemical reactions can be harnessed to accelerate biocondensate coarsening.
  • External reactions offer a powerful mechanism for rapid ripening.
  • This principle may be valuable for metabolic channeling in synthetic biology.