Year: 2021
Type: article
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.
Source: Nature Communications
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $5,560
Awards: G1205207005, G122673668, G1286236842, G1286251239, G1414775356, G1445641779, G1677143136, G1816284028, G222768804, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND RELATED TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE PLANT SCIENCES, G2618837358, G2980189557, G30714459, G3083819904, G365575497, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THE FUNDAMENTAL PLANT SCIENCES, G382641700, G4178752329, G419881185, G42916606, G4501827968, G498139845, G5076365615, G5296923526, G547827391, G5648016710, G5849692847, G650090426, G6652958823, G7205239661, G805243471, Characterization and disruption of bacterial microcompartment shells from human pathogens, G834277795, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND RELATED TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE PLANT SCIENCES, G8850349022, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCGH PROGRAM IN THE FUNDAMENTAL PLANT SCIENCES, G969889393
OpenAlex ID: W3175764681