Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are organelle-like structures found in bacteria. They consist of a protein shell that encloses enzymes and other proteins...
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compartmentalize bacterial metabolism, a function performed by the membrane-bound organelles in eukaryotes. Carboxysomes are bacterial microcompartments found in...
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possess eukaryotic organelles, some do contain protein-shelled bacterial microcompartments, which are thought to act as primitive prokaryotic organelles;...
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Carboxysomes are bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) consisting of polyhedral protein shells filled with the enzymes ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase...
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its sole source of carbon and energy. The organism contains a bacterial microcompartment capable of processing propanediol. C. freundii creates a positive...
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within the cytoplasm except for an outer cell membrane, but bacterial microcompartments, which are thought to be quasi-organelles enclosed in protein...
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proteolytic cavity. Another large class of protein compartments are bacterial microcompartments, which are made of a protein shell that encapsulates various...
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IslB enzymes are several genes that encode shell proteins of bacterial microcompartments (BMCs). It has been found that the IslA and IslB enzymes are...
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Bacterial phyla constitute the major lineages of the domain Bacteria. While the exact definition of a bacterial phylum is debated, a popular definition...
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