Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 4–8, 2019; Boston, Massachusetts
Session B61: Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Driven Systems and Pattern Formation II
11:15 AM–2:15 PM,
Monday, March 4, 2019
BCEC
Room: 258B
Sponsoring
Units:
GSOFT GSNP
Chair: Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, University of Chicago
Abstract: B61.00007 : Simulations on encapsulation of multiple cargoes in bacterial microcompartments*
12:27 PM–12:39 PM
Presenter:
Lev Tsidilkovski
(Brandeis University)
Authors:
Lev Tsidilkovski
(Brandeis University)
Farzaneh Mohajerani
(Brandeis University)
Michael F Hagan
(Brandeis University)
In this talk I will describe coarse-grained computational models that allow Brownian dynamics simulations of self-assembly of microcompartments around multiple cargo species (e.g. enzymes). Based on these simulations, we have identified multiple factors that control encapsulation. In particular, the simulations show that the relative interaction strengths among the different cargo species play a key role in determining the amount and spatial organization of each species, as well as the nature of assembly pathways. I will also describe the effects of other control parameters (e.g. interactions between cargo and shell), thus providing a basis for utilizing bacterial microcompartments as customizable nanoreactors.
*This work was supported by Award Number R01GM108021 from the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences and the Brandeis Center for Bioinspired Soft Materials, an NSF MRSEC, DMR-1420382.
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