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Title | Pore dynamics and asymmetric cargo loading in an encapsulin nanocompartment. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Sci Adv, Vol. 8, Issue 4, Page eabj4461, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Jan 28, 2022 |
![]() | Jennifer Ross / Zak McIver / Thomas Lambert / Cecilia Piergentili / Jasmine Emma Bird / Kelly J Gallagher / Faye L Cruickshank / Patrick James / Efrain Zarazúa-Arvizu / Louise E Horsfall / Kevin J Waldron / Marcus D Wilson / C Logan Mackay / Arnaud Baslé / David J Clarke / Jon Marles-Wright / ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that house various cargo enzymes, including a family of decameric ferritin-like proteins. Here, we study a recombinant encapsulin:encapsulated ferritin ...Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that house various cargo enzymes, including a family of decameric ferritin-like proteins. Here, we study a recombinant encapsulin:encapsulated ferritin complex using cryo-electron microscopy and hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to gain insight into the structural relationship between the encapsulin shell and its protein cargo. An asymmetric single-particle reconstruction reveals four encapsulated ferritin decamers in a tetrahedral arrangement within the encapsulin nanocompartment. This leads to a symmetry mismatch between the protein cargo and the icosahedral encapsulin shell. The encapsulated ferritin decamers are offset from the interior face of the encapsulin shell. Using hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, we observed the dynamic behavior of the major fivefold pore in the encapsulin shell and show the pore opening via the movement of the encapsulin A-domain. These data will accelerate efforts to engineer the encapsulation of heterologous cargo proteins and to alter the permeability of the encapsulin shell via pore modifications. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.4 - 5.5 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-12853: Icosahedral cryo-EM reconstruction of Haliangium ochraceum encapsulin EMDB-12859, PDB-7oe2: EMDB-12864: Single particle reconstruction of open pentamer of the Haliangium ochraceum encapsulin from symmetry expansion of icosahedral single particle reconstruction ![]() EMDB-12873: ![]() EMDB-13603: ![]() EMDB-13608: Focused reconstruction of Haliangium ochraceum encapsulated ferritin cargo within the encapsulin nano compartment |
Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-HOH: |
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![]() | VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE / Encapsulin / encapsulated ferritin / haliangium ochraceum |