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A catalog of the diversity and ubiquity of bacterial microcompartments.
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Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2021 Jun 21; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 3809. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 21. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are organelles that segregate segments of metabolic pathways which are incompatible with surrounding metabolism. BMCs consist of a selectively permeable shell, composed of three types of structurally conserved proteins, together with sequestered enzymes that vary among functionally distinct BMCs. Genes encoding shell proteins are typically clustered with those for the encapsulated enzymes. Here, we report that the number of identifiable BMC loci has increased twenty-fold since the last comprehensive census of 2014, and the number of distinct BMC types has doubled. The new BMC types expand the range of compartmentalized catalysis and suggest that there is more BMC biochemistry yet to be discovered. Our comprehensive catalog of BMCs provides a framework for their identification, correlation with bacterial niche adaptation, experimental characterization, and development of BMC-based nanoarchitectures for biomedical and bioengineering applications.
- Subjects :
- Bacteria classification
Bacteria cytology
Bacteria metabolism
Bacterial Proteins genetics
Bacterial Proteins metabolism
Cell Compartmentation
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Genetic Loci
Genetic Variation
Organelles classification
Organelles metabolism
Phylogeny
Bacteria genetics
Organelles genetics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2041-1723
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nature communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34155212
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24126-4