Artificial intrinsically disordered proteins (A-IDPs) have now been shown to form exclusionary, intracellular droplets that can be designed using simple principles that are based on the aromatic/aliphatic ratio and molecular weight. Droplets that sequester an enzyme and modulate enzyme efficiency on the basis of the molecular weight of the A-IDPs were also engineered using A-IDPs as a minimal condensate scaffold.
- Michael Dzuricky
- Bradley A. Rogers
- Ashutosh Chilkoti