Vertex protein PduN tunes encapsulated pathway performance by dictating bacterial metabolosome morphology
C. E. Mills, C. Waltmann, A. G. Archer, N. W. Kennedy, C. H. Abrahamson, A. D. Jackson, E. W. Roth, S. Shirman, M. C. Jewett, N. M. Mangan, M. Olvera de la Cruz, D. Tullman-Ercek
The paper investigates how removing the vertex protein PduN alters the morphology of the Pdu MCP microcompartment in Salmonella, affecting pathway performance through changes in surface area to volume ratios.
bioRxiv · Oct 31, 2021Bioengineering