Bacterial major vault protein homologs form divergent vault structures
Jake C Lachowicz, Mohammed Hoque, Anbo Zhou, Tong Zhang, Matthew C Franklin, Richard Copin, Katherine D Cygnar, Andrew J Murphy, Kei Saotome, Andrew D Baik
The paper identifies bacterial MVP homologs and reports cryoEM structures of vaults from Corallococcus praedator and a Deltaproteobacteria bacterium, revealing novel symmetries.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry