[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 …

[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 …

Crystal structures of β-carboxysome shell protein CcmP: ligand binding correlates with the closed or open central pore

AM Larsson, D Hasse, K Valegård… - … of experimental botany, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cyanobacterial CO2 fixation is promoted by encapsulating and co-localizing the CO2-fixing
enzymes within a protein shell, the carboxysome. A key feature of the carboxysome is its …

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 …

Insights from multiple structures of the shell proteins from the β‐carboxysome

S Tanaka, MR Sawaya, M Phillips, TO Yeates - Protein Science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Carboxysomes are primitive bacterial organelles that function as a part of a carbon
concentrating mechanism (CCM) under conditions where inorganic carbon is limiting. The …

[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 …

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 …

Functions, Compositions, and Evolution of the Two Types of Carboxysomes: Polyhedral Microcompartments That Facilitate CO2 Fixation in Cyanobacteria and Some …

BD Rae, BM Long, MR Badger… - … and molecular biology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cyanobacteria are the globally dominant photoautotrophic lineage. Their success is
dependent on a set of adaptations collectively termed the CO2-concentrating mechanism …

[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 …

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 …