Assembly principles and structure of a 6.5 - MDa
bacterial microcompartment shell.
A different team of scientists presents the first atomic - scale look at a complete
bacterial microcompartment in the June 23 Science.
Scientists are providing the clearest view yet of an intact
bacterial microcompartment, revealing at atomic - level resolution the structure and assembly of the organelle's protein shell.
Researchers at Berkeley Lab and MSU have obtained the first atomic - level view of an intact
bacterial microcompartment, shown here.
These organelles, or
bacterial microcompartments (BMCs), are used by some bacteria to fix carbon dioxide, Kerfeld noted.