Proteins that self-assemble into polyhedral shell-like structures are useful molecular
containers both in nature and in the laboratory. Here we review efforts to repurpose diverse …

Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are self-assembling organelles that consist of an
enzymatic core that is encapsulated by a selectively permeable protein shell. The potential …

Highlights•Formate is an ideal mediator between the physicochemical and biological
realms.•Formate can be efficiently produced from various highly available …

Highlights•Multiple levels of metabolic engineering can be defined, from 'copy and paste'to
various forms of 'synthetic metabolism'.•The biochemical solution space for 'synthetic …

Highlights•Alpha and beta carboxysomes differ in composition, assembly, and
evolution.•Alphas appear to co-assemble shell and cargo proteins; betas assemble inside …

Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are organelles that segregate segments of metabolic
pathways which are incompatible with surrounding metabolism. BMCs consist of a …

Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are protein-bound organelles predicted to be present
across 23 bacterial phyla. BMCs facilitate carbon fixation as well as the aerobic and …

We genetically controlled compartmentalization in eukaryotic cells by heterologous
expression of bacterial encapsulin shell and cargo proteins to engineer enclosed enzymatic …

Bacterial microcompartments are widespread prokaryotic organelles that have important
and diverse roles ranging from carbon fixation to enteric pathogenesis. Current models for …

Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are selectively permeable proteinaceous organelles
which encapsulate segments of metabolic pathways across bacterial phyla. They consist of …