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相干 X 射线光谱揭示的蛋白质溶液中液–液相分离动力学与动态过程之间的相互作用

Interplay between Kinetics and Dynamics of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in a Protein Solution Revealed by Coherent X-ray Spectroscopy

Anastasia Ragulskaya, Nafisa Begam, Anita Girelli, Hendrik Rahmann, Mario Reiser, Fabian Westermeier, Michael Sprung, Fajun Zhang, Christian Gutt, Frank Schreiber

AI总结:

本文利用 X 射线光子相关光谱结合 Cahn–Hilliard 模拟,揭示蛋白质溶液 LLPS 旋节线分解早期微观动态与结构演化动力学可解耦,并刻画其速率与弛豫时间标度。

摘要:

复杂流体在旋节线分解(SD)早期阶段的微观动态与结构演化动力学紧密交织,这使得定量表征颇具挑战性。在本工作中,我们采用 X 射线光子相关光谱研究经历液–液相分离(LLPS)的蛋白质溶液的动态过程与动力学。我们证明,在 SD 早期,结构弛豫动力学比微观动态慢至多达 40 倍,因此二者可以解耦。动力学衰减速率在早期与时间成反比,随后在粗化阶段表现出近乎恒定的行为。微观动态可由超扩散弹道运动很好地描述,其弛豫时间在早期随时间指数增长,随后转为伴随涨落的幂律增加。这些实验结果进一步得到基于 Cahn–Hilliard 方程的模拟支持。所建立的框架适用于其他经历相变的凝聚态和生物系统,也可能启发进一步的理论工作。

英文摘要:

Microscopic dynamics of complex fluids in the early stage of spinodal decomposition (SD) is strongly intertwined with the kinetics of structural evolution, which makes a quantitative characterization challenging. In this work, we use x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy to study the dynamics and kinetics of a protein solution undergoing liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). We demonstrate that in the early stage of SD, the structural relaxation kinetics is up to 40 times slower than the dynamics and thus can be decoupled. The kinetic decay rate is inversely proportional to time in the early stage, followed by a nearly constant behavior during the coarsening stage. The microscopic dynamics can be well described by hyper-diffusive ballistic motions with a relaxation time exponentially growing with time in the early stage followed by a power-law increase with fluctuations. These experimental results are further supported by simulations based on the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The established framework is applicable to other condensed matter and biological systems undergoing phase transitions and may also inspire further theoretical work.

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