Intrinsically disordered CsoS2 acts as a general molecular thread for α-carboxysome shell assembly
T. Ni, Q. Jiang, P. C. Ng, J. Shen, H. Dou, Y. Zhu, J. Radecke, G. F. Dykes, F. Huang, L.-N. Liu, P. Zhang
The paper investigates the role of intrinsically disordered CsoS2 in α-carboxysome shell assembly using synthetic engineering and cryoEM structures, revealing its function as a molecular thread and identifying a conserved interaction motif.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2023Microbiology