Life cycle of a cyanobacterial carboxysome

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Carboxysomes, prototypical bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) found in cyanobacteria, are large (~1 GDa) and essential protein complexes that enhance CO2 fixation. While carboxysome biogenesis has been elucidated, the activity dynamics, lifetime, and degradation of these structures have not been investigated, owing to the inability of tracking individual BMCs over time in vivo. We have developed a fluorescence-imaging platform to simultaneously measure carboxysome number, position, and activity over time in a growing cyanobacterial population, allowing individual carboxysomes to be clustered on the basis of activity and spatial dynamics. We have demonstrated both BMC degradation, characterized by abrupt activity loss followed by polar recruitment of the deactivated complex, and a subclass of ultraproductive carboxysomes. Together, our results reveal the BMC life cycle after biogenesis and describe the first method for measuring activity of single BMCs in vivo.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Science advances - 6(2020), 19 vom: 10. Mai, Seite eaba1269

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hill, Nicholas C [VerfasserIn]
Tay, Jian Wei [VerfasserIn]
Altus, Sabina [VerfasserIn]
Bortz, David M [VerfasserIn]
Cameron, Jeffrey C [VerfasserIn]

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142M471B3J
Bacterial Proteins
Carbon Dioxide
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 08.04.2022

Date Revised 12.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/sciadv.aba1269

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310743753