Protein Family Models

Bacterial microcompartments are primitive organelles composed entirely of protein subunits. The prototypical bacterial microcompartment is the carboxysome, a protein shell for sequestering carbon fixation reactions. These proteins for hexameric structure [1]. [1]. 16081736. Protein structures forming the shell of primitive bacterial organelles. Kerfeld CA, Sawaya MR, Tanaka S, Nguyen CV, Phillips M, Beeby M, Yeates TO;. Science 2005;309:936-938. (from Pfam)

Date:

2024-10-16

Involved in the degredation of ethanolamine

Gene:

eutM

Date:

2020-10-26

BMC (Bacterial Micro-Compartment) domain-containing protein similar to carbon dioxide-concentrating mechanism protein CcmK that may be involved in the formation of the carboxysome, a polyhedral inclusion where RuBisCO is sequestered

Date:

2023-05-16