{"id":238426,"date":"2026-06-05T15:03:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/enzymes-that-assemble-into-droplets-can-speed-up-cellular-reactions"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:03:58","slug":"enzymes-that-assemble-into-droplets-can-speed-up-cellular-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/enzymes-that-assemble-into-droplets-can-speed-up-cellular-reactions","title":{"rendered":"Enzymes that assemble into droplets can speed up cellular reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/enzymes-that-assemble-into-droplets-can-speed-up-cellular-reactions2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Within the past decade, biologists have discovered that one strategy cells use to keep their contents organized is a phenomenon known as phase separation.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to the way oil forms droplets that float in a vinegar solution, proteins inside cells can phase separate to form highly concentrated droplets that keep them organized within the cell. In a new study, MIT researchers have now shown that this droplet formation is critical for controlling the function of a class of enzymes called kinases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the past decade, biologists have discovered that one strategy cells use to keep their contents organized is a phenomenon known as phase separation. Similar to the way oil forms droplets that float in a vinegar solution, proteins inside cells can phase separate to form highly concentrated droplets that keep them organized within the cell. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}