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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 8.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2020 Nov 9;22(3):215–235. doi: 10.1038/s41580-020-00303-z

Figure 1 |. Overview of biomolecular condensate functions across scales.

Figure 1 |

The functions of biomolecular condensates operate on multiple length scales, ranging from atomic or molecular-level enhancement or suppression or biochemical reaction rates to cellular localization, which in principle operates on meter length scales in cells such as mammalian neurons. A condensate may have functions on more than one length scale, for instance participating in mesoscale vectoral organization of biochemistry while also enhancing reaction rates via mass action due to increased concentration of substrates and/or enzymes within condensates.