Compartmentalised RNA catalysis in membrane-free coacervate protocells.

First Authors Björn Drobot
Authors Björn Drobot, Juan M Iglesias-Artola, Kristian Le Vay, Viktoria Mayr, Mrityunjoy Kar, Moritz Kreysing, Hannes Mutschler, T-Y Dora Tang
Corresponding Authors Moritz Kreysing, Hannes Mutschler, T-Y Dora Tang
Last Authors T-Y Dora Tang
Journal Name Nature communications (Nat Commun)
Volume 9
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Article Number 3643
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Print Publication Date 2018-09-07
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Abstract Phase separation of mixtures of oppositely charged polymers provides a simple and direct route to compartmentalisation via complex coacervation, which may have been important for driving primitive reactions as part of the RNA world hypothesis. However, to date, RNA catalysis has not been reconciled with coacervation. Here we demonstrate that RNA catalysis is viable within coacervate microdroplets and further show that these membrane-free droplets can selectively retain longer length RNAs while permitting transfer of lower molecular weight oligonucleotides.
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DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-06072-w
PubMed ID 30194374
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