National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
5 R01 AI114975-05
United States
Department of Energy (United States)
DE-AC02-O5CH11231
United States
Citation
Journal: Plant Physiol / Year: 2019 Title: Structure of a Synthetic -Carboxysome Shell. Authors: Markus Sutter / Thomas G Laughlin / Nancy B Sloan / Daniel Serwas / Karen M Davies / Cheryl A Kerfeld / Abstract: Carboxysomes are capsid-like, CO-fixing organelles that are present in all cyanobacteria and some chemoautotrophs and that substantially contribute to global primary production. They are composed of ...Carboxysomes are capsid-like, CO-fixing organelles that are present in all cyanobacteria and some chemoautotrophs and that substantially contribute to global primary production. They are composed of a selectively permeable protein shell that encapsulates Rubisco, the principal CO-fixing enzyme, and carbonic anhydrase. As the centerpiece of the carbon-concentrating mechanism, by packaging enzymes that collectively enhance catalysis, the carboxysome shell enables the generation of a locally elevated concentration of substrate CO and the prevention of CO escape. A functional carboxysome consisting of an intact shell and cargo is essential for cyanobacterial growth under ambient CO concentrations. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we have determined the structure of a recombinantly produced simplified β-carboxysome shell. The structure reveals the sidedness and the specific interactions between the carboxysome shell proteins. The model provides insight into the structural basis of selective permeability of the carboxysome shell and can be used to design modifications to investigate the mechanisms of cargo encapsulation and other physiochemical properties such as permeability. Notably, the permeability properties are of great interest for modeling and evaluating this carbon-concentrating mechanism in metabolic engineering. Moreover, we find striking similarity between the carboxysome shell and the structurally characterized, evolutionarily distant metabolosome shell, implying universal architectural principles for bacterial microcompartment shells.
History
Deposition
May 6, 2019
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Header (metadata) release
Jul 24, 2019
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Map release
Sep 25, 2019
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Update
Sep 25, 2019
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Current status
Sep 25, 2019
Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
EMPIAR-10275 (Title: Structure of a synthetic beta-carboxysome shell / Data size: 423.5 Data #1: Unaligned multiframe micrographs for synthetic carboxysome shells [micrographs - multiframe])
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 277 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV / Details: blot for 6 seconds before plunging.
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Specialist optics
Energy filter - Name: GIF Quantum LS / Energy filter - Slit width: 25 eV
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: SUPER-RESOLUTION / Digitization - Frames/image: 1-25 / Number grids imaged: 1 / Number real images: 1343 / Average exposure time: 6.0 sec. / Average electron dose: 50.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Type of model: INSILICO MODEL / In silico model: ab initio model generated with cryosparc
Final reconstruction
Applied symmetry - Point group: C1 (asymmetric) / Algorithm: BACK PROJECTION / Resolution.type: BY AUTHOR / Resolution: 3.7 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Software - Name: RELION (ver. 3.0.b2) Details: number of particles corresponds to the number after symmetry expansion Number images used: 16942
Initial angle assignment
Type: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD / Software - Name: cryoSPARC (ver. 2)
Final angle assignment
Type: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD / Software - Name: RELION (ver. 3.0b2)
FSC plot (resolution estimation)
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