Regensburg 2022 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 8: Focus Session: Phase Separation in Biochemical Systems

BP 8.8: Vortrag

Dienstag, 6. September 2022, 11:45–12:00, H15

Structure and dynamics of water molecules in FUS protein molecular condensates — •Daniel Chavez Rojas, Martin Girard, and Joseph Rudzinski — Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

There is evidence that molecular condensates of the FUS protein play a role in the development of some neurodegenerative diseases like ALS. For this reason, understanding the molecular mechanism by which these condensates form at an atomistic level is of therapeutic interest. The molecular structure and water-protein interactions of these condensates is poorly understood. In order to study these interactions, we make use of multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations. Through the analysis of these simulations we report on the water-protein hydrogen bonding interactions of the individual amino acids of FUS proteins in the condensate versus in solution.