A catalog of the diversity and ubiquity of bacterial microcompartments

Markus Sutter; Matthew R. Melnicki; Frederik Schulz; Tanja Woyke; Cheryl A. Kerfeld

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24126-4

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

A catalog of the diversity and ubiquity of bacterial microcompartments

Markus Sutter,
Matthew R. Melnicki,
Frederik Schulz,
Tanja Woyke,
Cheryl A. Kerfeld

Affiliations

Markus Sutter: Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology and Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bioimaging Divisions, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Matthew R. Melnicki: MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University
Frederik Schulz: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tanja Woyke: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Cheryl A. Kerfeld: Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology and Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bioimaging Divisions, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24126-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are organelles consisting of a protein shell in which certain metabolic reactions take place separated from the cytoplasm. Here, Sutter et al. present a comprehensive catalog of BMC loci, substantially expanding the number of known BMCs and describing distinct types and compartmentalized reactions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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