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Title | Intrinsically disordered CsoS2 acts as a general molecular thread for α-carboxysome shell assembly. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 14, Issue 1, Page 5512, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Sep 7, 2023 |
Authors | Tao Ni / Qiuyao Jiang / Pei Cing Ng / Juan Shen / Hao Dou / Yanan Zhu / Julika Radecke / Gregory F Dykes / Fang Huang / Lu-Ning Liu / Peijun Zhang / |
PubMed Abstract | Carboxysomes are a paradigm of self-assembling proteinaceous organelles found in nature, offering compartmentalisation of enzymes and pathways to enhance carbon fixation. In α-carboxysomes, the ...Carboxysomes are a paradigm of self-assembling proteinaceous organelles found in nature, offering compartmentalisation of enzymes and pathways to enhance carbon fixation. In α-carboxysomes, the disordered linker protein CsoS2 plays an essential role in carboxysome assembly and Rubisco encapsulation. Its mechanism of action, however, is not fully understood. Here we synthetically engineer α-carboxysome shells using minimal shell components and determine cryoEM structures of these to decipher the principle of shell assembly and encapsulation. The structures reveal that the intrinsically disordered CsoS2 C-terminus is well-structured and acts as a universal "molecular thread" stitching through multiple shell protein interfaces. We further uncover in CsoS2 a highly conserved repetitive key interaction motif, [IV]TG, which is critical to the shell assembly and architecture. Our study provides a general mechanism for the CsoS2-governed carboxysome shell assembly and cargo encapsulation and further advances synthetic engineering of carboxysomes for diverse biotechnological applications. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:37679318 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 1.86 - 3.54 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-15595: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: oblate structure from C1 construct (T=7 Q=6) EMDB-15611: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: icosahedral assembly from C2 construct (T=4) EMDB-15719: cryo-EM structure of carboxysome mini-shell: icosahedral structure from C1 construct (T=4) EMDB-15720: cryo-EM structure of carboxysome mini-shell: icosahedral structure from C1 construct (T=7) EMDB-15722: cryo-EM structure of carboxysome mini-shell: icosahedral structure from C1 construct (T=9) EMDB-15723: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: prolate structure from C1 construct (T=4 Q=6) EMDB-15724: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: prolate structure from C1 construct (T=4 Q=6) form 2 EMDB-15758: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: icosahedral assembly from C3 construct (T=4) EMDB-15759: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: icosahedral assembly from C3 construct (T=4-P) EMDB-15760: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: icosahedral assembly from C3 construct (T=3) EMDB-15761: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: icosahedral assembly from C3 construct (T=3-P) EMDB-15762: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: icosahedral assembly from C1 ITG mutant construct (T=4) EMDB-15792: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: icosahedral assembly from CsoS4A-1A (T=4) EMDB-15798, PDB-8b0y: EMDB-15799, PDB-8b11: EMDB-15801, PDB-8b12: EMDB-15834: cryo-EM structure of carboxysomal mini-shell: icosahedral assembly from C1 ITG mutant construct (T=3) |
Chemicals | ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | STRUCTURAL PROTEIN / carboxysome / shell / icosahedral symmetry |