Nature | Cell Biology
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Discovery of a multi-chaperone condensate in the endoplasmic reticulum
How multiple chaperones are organized to co-ordinate their activities has been unclear. We observed that the chaperone PDIA6 forms phase-separated condensates in the endoplasmic reticulum to which several additional chaperones are recruited. These multi-chaperone condensates constitute a dedicated endoplasmic reticulum sub-compartment that facilitates protein biogenesis and prevents protein misfolding and aggregation.