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Michael W. Chen

Washington University in St. Louis

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Condenzymes: Biomolecular condensates with inherent catalytic activities

Michael W. Chen, Xiao Guo, Mina Farag, Naixin Qian, Xiaowei Song, Anton Z. Ni, Vicky Liu, Yu Xia, Yuefeng Ma, Leshan Yang, Wen Yu, Matthew R. King, Joonho Lee, Richard N. Zare, Wei Min, , Yifan Dai

The paper discovers that intrinsically disordered proteins form condensates with catalytic activity through sequence-dependent electrochemical microenvironments, enabling hydrolysis reactions and gene circuit activation in cells.

Molecular Cell · Jul 24, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics