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Biomolecular condensates formed by intrinsically disordered proteins require molecular models that accurately describe proteins in both dilute solution and condensed phases. Explicit-solvent coarse-grained models offer an attractive balance between chemical resolution and computational efficiency. Yet, it remains unclear whether improving dilute-state properties is sufficient to obtain an accurate description of condensates. Here, we address this question by introducing minimal modifications to the Martini 3 force field that combine recent advances in bonded interactions with refined protein–water interactions and strengthened glycine self-interactions, while preserving the underlying chemical transferability of the model. The resulting model substantially improves the description of single-chain conformations across a diverse benchmark of disordered proteins. We then investigate phase separation of the well-characterized low-complexity domain of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 and its sequence variants. The model reproduces several key physicochemical properties of biomolecular condensates, including chain expansion in the dense phase, sequence-dependent intermolecular contacts, protein diffusion and its relation to single-chain dimensions, and hydration, while revealing quantitative limitations in condensate density, phase equilibria, and ion partitioning. Our results show that improving dilute-state behaviour translates into a better description of condensed-phase properties, including condensate density, but is not sufficient to quantitatively reproduce the equilibrium between the dilute and dense phases.
A set of coarse-grained two-bead-per-nucleotide models for simulations of double-stranded RNA and DNA in the CALVADOS framework are presented and it is envisioned that the CALVADOS models for double-stranded RNA and DNA will be useful for studying co-condensates of proteins and structured nucleic acids.
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