Intrinsically disordered CsoS2 acts as a general molecular thread for α-carboxysome shell assembly

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Carboxysomes are a paradigm of self-assembling proteinaceous organelles found in nature, offering compartmentalisation of enzymes and pathways to enhance carbon fixation. In α-carboxysomes, the disordered linker protein CsoS2 plays an essential role in carboxysome assembly and Rubisco encapsulation. Its mechanism of action, however, is not fully understood. Here we synthetically engineer α-carboxysome shells using minimal shell components and determine cryoEM structures of these to decipher the principle of shell assembly and encapsulation. The structures reveal that the intrinsically disordered CsoS2 C-terminus is well-structured and acts as a universal "molecular thread" stitching through multiple shell protein interfaces. We further uncover in CsoS2 a highly conserved repetitive key interaction motif, [IV]TG, which is critical to the shell assembly and architecture. Our study provides a general mechanism for the CsoS2-governed carboxysome shell assembly and cargo encapsulation and further advances synthetic engineering of carboxysomes for diverse biotechnological applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 07. Sept., Seite 5512

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ni, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Qiuyao [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Pei Cing [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Dou, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yanan [VerfasserIn]
Radecke, Julika [VerfasserIn]
Dykes, Gregory F [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lu-Ning [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Peijun [VerfasserIn]

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EC 4.1.1.39
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase

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Date Completed 11.09.2023

Date Revised 12.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-41211-y

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NLM361769180