Bacterial Nanocompartments : Structures, Functions, and Applications

Increasing efficiency is an important driving force behind cellular organization and often achieved through compartmentalization. Long recognized as a core principle of eukaryotic cell organization, its widespread occurrence in prokaryotes has only recently come to light. Despite the early discovery of a few microcompartments, such as gas vesicles and carboxysomes, the vast majority of these structures in prokaryotes are less than 100 nm in diameter-too small for conventional light microscopy and electron microscopic thin sectioning. Consequently, these smaller nanocompartments have been discovered serendipitously and then through bioinformatics shown to be broadly distributed. Their small uniform size, robust self-assembly, high stability, excellent biocompatibility, and large cargo capacity make them excellent candidates for biotechnology applications. This review will highlight our current knowledge of nanocompartments and the prospects for applications, as well as open questions and challenges that need to be addressed to fully understand these important structures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:204

Enthalten in:

Journal of bacteriology - 204(2022), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite e0034621

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McDowell, Harry Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Hoiczyk, Egbert [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial organelle
Carboxysome
Compartmentalization
Encapsulin
Gas vesicle
Journal Article
Microcompartment
Nanocompartment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Self-assembly

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.04.2022

Date Revised 16.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/JB.00346-21

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331476347