Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Spatiotemporal modulations in heterotypic condensates of prion and α-synuclein control phase transitions and amyloid conversion

  • Aishwarya Agarwal,
  • Lisha Arora,
  • Sandeep K. Rai,
  • Anamika Avni,
  • Samrat Mukhopadhyay

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28797-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The authors show that prion protein and α-synuclein undergo phase separation through domain-specific electrostatic interactions. These complex coacervates possess electrostatic nanoclusters and can convert into multiphasic condensates and amyloids.