Bacterial microcompartment
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Bacterial microcompartments are structures inside bacteria. They are made of a protein shell which surrounds and encloses various enzymes.[1] They are similar to eukaryotic cell organelles, but do not have plasma membranes. They do not contain lipids.[2]
These compartments are typically about 100-200 nanometres across and made of interlocking proteins.[3]
Protein-enclosed compartments are also found in eukaryotes, such as enzyme encapsulation.[4]
References [change]
- ↑ Bobik T.A. (2007). "Bacterial microcompartments" (PDF). Microbe (Am Soc Microbiol) 2: 25–31. http://www.asm.org/ASM/files/ccLibraryFiles/Filename/000000002765/znw00107000025.pdf.
- ↑ Sutter M, Boehringer D, Gutmann S, et al. (August 2008). "Structural basis of enzyme encapsulation into a bacterial nanocompartment". Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 15: 939–947. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1473. PMID 18758469.
- ↑ Yeates TO, Kerfeld CA, Heinhorst S, Cannon GC, Shively JM (August 2008). "Protein-based organelles in bacteria: carboxysomes and related microcompartments". Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 6 (9): 681–691. doi:10.1038/nrmicro1913. PMID 18679172.
- ↑ Kedersha NL, Miquel MC, Bittner D, Rome LH (1990). "Vaults. II. Ribonucleoprotein structures are highly conserved among higher and lower eukaryotes.". J Cell Biol 110 (4): 895–901. doi:10.1083/jcb.110.4.895. PMC 2116106. PMID 1691193.
