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SCIENCE
卷 370, 期 6522, 页码 1317-+出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw4951
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- Max Planck Society
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [ZE1216/1-1, HY3/6-1, 390729961]
- EMBL
- European Research Council [760067]
- European Research Council (ERC) [760067] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
Protein condensates are complex fluids that can change their material properties with time. However, an appropriate rheological description of these fluids remains missing. We characterize the time-dependent material properties of in vitro protein condensates using laser tweezer-based active and microbead-based passive rheology. For different proteins, the condensates behave at all ages as viscoelastic Maxwell fluids. Their viscosity strongly increases with age while their elastic modulus varies weakly. No significant differences in structure were seen by electron microscopy at early and late ages. We conclude that protein condensates can be soft glassy materials that we call Maxwell glasses with age-dependent material properties. We discuss possible advantages of glassy behavior for modulation of cellular biochemistry.
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