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| Title | mTORC1 Controls Phase Separation and the Biophysical Properties of the Cytoplasm by Tuning Crowding. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Cell, Vol. 174, Issue 2, Page 338-349.e20, Year 2018 |
| Publish date | Jul 12, 2018 |
 Authors | M Delarue / G P Brittingham / S Pfeffer / I V Surovtsev / S Pinglay / K J Kennedy / M Schaffer / J I Gutierrez / D Sang / G Poterewicz / J K Chung / J M Plitzko / J T Groves / C Jacobs-Wagner / B D Engel / L J Holt /   |
| PubMed Abstract | Macromolecular crowding has a profound impact on reaction rates and the physical properties of the cell interior, but the mechanisms that regulate crowding are poorly understood. We developed ...Macromolecular crowding has a profound impact on reaction rates and the physical properties of the cell interior, but the mechanisms that regulate crowding are poorly understood. We developed genetically encoded multimeric nanoparticles (GEMs) to dissect these mechanisms. GEMs are homomultimeric scaffolds fused to a fluorescent protein that self-assemble into bright, stable particles of defined size and shape. By combining tracking of GEMs with genetic and pharmacological approaches, we discovered that the mTORC1 pathway can modulate the effective diffusion coefficient of particles ≥20 nm in diameter more than 2-fold by tuning ribosome concentration, without any discernable effect on the motion of molecules ≤5 nm. This change in ribosome concentration affected phase separation both in vitro and in vivo. Together, these results establish a role for mTORC1 in controlling both the mesoscale biophysical properties of the cytoplasm and biomolecular condensation. |
 External links | Cell / PubMed:29937223 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (subtomogram averaging) / EM (tomography) |
| Resolution | 11.5 - 26.3 Å |
| Structure data |  EMDB-4372:  EMDB-4373:  EMDB-4374:  EMDB-4375:  EMDB-4376:  EMDB-4377: |
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae W303 (yeast)
