Size of Biomolecular Condensates Dictates Fate in Liquid–Solid Phase Transitions through Amorphous–Amyloid Competition

J Junka Kawakami (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan) T Taiki Ozawa (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan) Y Yoko Maruyama (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan) H Honoka Ishikawa (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan) Y Yuto Oshita (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan) K Kota Yamauchi (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan) K Koichi Kobayashi (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan) S Shinji Kajimoto (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan) T Takakazu Nakabayashi (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan) S Shunsuke Tomita (Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan) T Tanushree Agarwal (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.) T Tomas Sneideris (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.) K Kichitaro Nakajima (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan) K Kentaro Shiraki (Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan) H Hideki Taguchi A Akihide Hibara (Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science Tokyo, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan) T Tuomas Knowles (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.) E Eri Chatani (Graduate School of Science Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkoudaichou, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan) Y Yuta Mizuno (Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8560, Japan) Y Yumiko Ohhashi (Institute of Innovative Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Nagatsuta-cho, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan) M Mao Fukuyama (Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan)

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 148, Issue 23
Published June 17, 2026
Pages 23837-23849
ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher American Chemical Society

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society

ISSN: 0002-7863 Physical Sciences

Authors (21)

J

Junka Kawakami

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan

T

Taiki Ozawa

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan

Y

Yoko Maruyama

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan

H

Honoka Ishikawa

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan

Y

Yuto Oshita

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan

K

Kota Yamauchi

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan

K

Koichi Kobayashi

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan

S

Shinji Kajimoto

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan

T

Takakazu Nakabayashi

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan

S

Shunsuke Tomita

Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan

T

Tanushree Agarwal

Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.

T

Tomas Sneideris

Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.

K

Kichitaro Nakajima

Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

K

Kentaro Shiraki

Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan

H

Hideki Taguchi

A

Akihide Hibara

Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science Tokyo, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan

T

Tuomas Knowles

Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.

E

Eri Chatani

Graduate School of Science Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkoudaichou, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan

Y

Yuta Mizuno

Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8560, Japan

Y

Yumiko Ohhashi

Institute of Innovative Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Nagatsuta-cho, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan

M

Mao Fukuyama

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan