(a) Example images for the Dhh1 salt phase diagram at pH 6.4 and
7.0. Reactions were assembled in 384 well plates. Each reaction contained
12.5 μl LSB-100, 3 μl 0.5 M KCl / water to achieve the final
KCl concentration as indicated, 1 μl CKM mix, 1.25 μl 100 mM
ATP / MgCl2 (final concentration 5 mM), 1 μl 10 mg/ml BSA, 2
μl 1 M Hepes of the respective pH, 1.25 μl 1 mg/ml polyU and 3
μl MH200G containing Dhh1 to achieve the final concentration as
indicated. Reactions were incubated at room temperature for 20 minutes and
imaged at room temperature on a Nikon widefield microscope using an
automated script (9 images per well of one replicate). Dhh1 core = Dhh1
(residues 48 - 425), lacking the low complexity tails. Scale bar 50
μm. (b-c) For each well, individual droplets in each
image were quantified using Diatrack (see MM) for their area and mean
intensity. The sum of the product [area * mean fluorescence intensity]
(arbitrary unit: [A*I]) of all droplets in one image was plotted against the
Dhh1 concentration (μM). (Dotted) lines represent the mean, shaded
area the SD of of the nine images recorded per well for one replicate.
(b) FL = full-length Dhh1, (c) Dhh1 core =
Dhh1 [48 - 425]. (d) Mean values of the [area * mean
fluorescence intensity] (arbitrary unit: [A*I]) sum of the nine images
recorded per well are plotted against the Dhh1 concentration for all
conditions tested. Dhh1 core protein concentrations not tested are marked by
a cross. FL = full-length Dhh1, Dhh1 core = Dhh1 [48 - 425].