<i>β</i> -motifs and molecular flux promote amyloid nucleation at condensate interfaces

-prone segments. Second, varying segment rigidity and molecular supply rate organizes a non-equilibrium phase diagram with four interfacial growth morphologies, ranging from uniform wetting to fibrillar protrusions and inter-condensate bridging networks. Third, directional fibril elongation displays an inverse relationship with drift velocity, consistent with a mechanism in which higher transport rates to the interface favor planar saturation over directed tip incorporation. Together, these results support a picture in which condensate interfaces can act as kinetically favorable nucleation environments, sequence-encoded rigidity helps determine whether interfaces remain liquid-like or become fibrillar, and molecular flux emerges as an additional control axis in the model for condensate aging trajectories.

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bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
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2026-04-13
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https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.09.717507
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Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
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β -motifs and molecular flux promote amyloid nucleation at condensate interfaces

Davit A. Potoyan, Subhadip Biswas
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
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β -motifs and molecular flux promote amyloid nucleation at condensate interfaces

Davit A. Potoyan, Subhadip Biswas
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Abstract

-prone segments. Second, varying segment rigidity and molecular supply rate organizes a non-equilibrium phase diagram with four interfacial growth morphologies, ranging from uniform wetting to fibrillar protrusions and inter-condensate bridging networks. Third, directional fibril elongation displays an inverse relationship with drift velocity, consistent with a mechanism in which higher transport rates to the interface favor planar saturation over directed tip incorporation. Together, these results support a picture in which condensate interfaces can act as kinetically favorable nucleation environments, sequence-encoded rigidity helps determine whether interfaces remain liquid-like or become fibrillar, and molecular flux emerges as an additional control axis in the model for condensate aging trajectories.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Iowa State University (US)
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Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
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