Identification and structural analysis of a novel carboxysome shell protein with implications for metabolite transport

MG Klein, P Zwart, SC Bagby, F Cai… - Journal of molecular …, 2009 - Elsevier
Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are polyhedral bodies, composed entirely of proteins,
that function as organelles in bacteria; they promote subcellular processes by encapsulating …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating essential role of conserved carboxysomal protein CcmN reveals common feature of bacterial microcompartment assembly

JN Kinney, A Salmeen, F Cai, CA Kerfeld - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012 - ASBMB
Bacterial microcompartments are organelles composed of a protein shell that surrounds
functionally related proteins. Bioinformatic analysis of sequenced genomes indicates that …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of CcmP, a tandem bacterial microcompartment domain protein from the β-carboxysome, forms a subcompartment within a microcompartment

F Cai, M Sutter, JC Cameron, DN Stanley… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
The carboxysome is a bacterial organelle found in all cyanobacteria; it encapsulates CO 2
fixation enzymes within a protein shell. The most abundant carboxysome shell protein …

Engineering bacterial microcompartment shells: chimeric shell proteins and chimeric carboxysome shells

F Cai, M Sutter, SL Bernstein, JN Kinney… - ACS synthetic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are self-assembling organelles composed entirely of
protein. Depending on the enzymes they encapsulate, BMCs function in either inorganic …

β-Carboxysome bioinformatics: identification and evolution of new bacterial microcompartment protein gene classes and core locus constraints

M Sommer, F Cai, M Melnicki… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Carboxysomes are bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) that enhance CO2 fixation in all
cyanobacteria. Structurally, carboxysome shell proteins are classified according to the type …

Carboxysomes: metabolic modules for CO2 fixation

A Turmo, CR Gonzalez-Esquer… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The carboxysome is a bacterial microcompartment encapsulating the enzymes carbonic
anhydrase and ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. As the site of CO2 …

[HTML][HTML] Biogenesis of a bacterial organelle: the carboxysome assembly pathway

JC Cameron, SC Wilson, SL Bernstein, CA Kerfeld - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The carboxysome is a protein-based organelle for carbon fixation in cyanobacteria,
keystone organisms in the global carbon cycle. It is composed of thousands of subunits …

Life cycle of a cyanobacterial carboxysome

NC Hill, JW Tay, S Altus, DM Bortz, JC Cameron - Science Advances, 2020 - science.org
Carboxysomes, prototypical bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) found in cyanobacteria,
are large (~ 1 GDa) and essential protein complexes that enhance CO2 fixation. While …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular simulations unravel the molecular principles that mediate selective permeability of carboxysome shell protein

M Faulkner, I Szabó, SL Weetman, F Sicard… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are nanoscale proteinaceous organelles that
encapsulate enzymes from the cytoplasm using an icosahedral protein shell that resembles …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of carboxysome shell proteins

JN Kinney, SD Axen, CA Kerfeld - Photosynthesis Research, 2011 - Springer
Carboxysomes are metabolic modules for CO 2 fixation that are found in all cyanobacteria
and some chemoautotrophic bacteria. They comprise a semi-permeable proteinaceous shell …