Biotechnological Advances in Bacterial Microcompartment Technology

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Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) represent proteinaceous macromolecular nanobioreactors that are found in a broad range of bacteria, and which are associated with either anabolic or catabolic processes. They consist of a semipermeable outer shell that packages a central metabolic enzyme or pathway, providing both enhanced flux and protection against toxic intermediates. Recombinant production of BMCs has led to their repurposing with the incorporation of altogether new pathways. Deconstructing BMCs into their component parts has shown that some individual shell proteins self-associate into filaments that can be further modified into a cytoplasmic scaffold, or cytoscaffold, to which enzymes/proteins can be targeted. BMCs therefore represent a modular system that is highly suited for engineering biological systems for useful purposes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Trends in biotechnology - 37(2019), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite 325-336

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Matthew J [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, David J [VerfasserIn]
Warren, Martin J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial microcompartments
Journal Article
Macromolecular Substances
Metabolic engineering
Metabolism
Protein engineering
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Shell
Synthetic biology

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Date Completed 06.12.2019

Date Revised 17.12.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.08.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM288734580