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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

A Two-Component Pseudo-Icosahedral Protein Nanocompartment with Variable Shell Composition and Irregular Tiling.

Cassandra A Dutcher, Michael P Andreas, Tobias W Giessen

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The assembly rules guiding hetero-oligomeric bacterioferritin organization and their evolutionary signature.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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3 authors.

Cassandra A DutcherDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Michael P AndreasDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Tobias W GiessenDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6328-2031

Funding

ChimeraX -- Next Generation Visualization and Analysis Software for Multiscale ModelingR01GM129325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2018 to 2025
$5.2M
Protein Organelles In Human-Associated BacteriaR35GM133325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Tobias Wolfgang Giessen · 2019 to 2026
$3.8M
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program DGE-2241144NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129325NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133325NIGMS NIH HHS R35GM133325University of Michigan Cryo-EM Facility
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein shells or capsids are a widespread form of compartmentalization in nature. Viruses use protein capsids to protect and transport their genomes while many cellular organisms use protein shells for varied metabolic purposes. These protein-based compartments often exhibit icosahedral symmetry and consist of a small number of structural components with defined roles. Encapsulins are a prevalent protein-based compartmentalization strategy in prokaryotes. All encapsulins studied thus far consist of a single shell protein that adopts the viral Hong Kong 97 (HK97)-fold. Here, the characterization of a Family 2B two-component encapsulin from Streptomyces lydicus is reported. The differential assembly behavior of the two shell components and their ability to co-assemble into mixed shells with variable shell composition is demonstrated. The structures of both shell proteins are determined using cryo-electron microscopy. Using 3D-classification and cross-linking studies, the irregular tiling of mixed shells is highlighted. This work expands the known assembly modes of HK97-fold proteins and lays the foundation for future functional and engineering studies on two-component encapsulins.

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Bacterial ProteinsCapsidCapsid ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyStreptomycesBacterial ProteinsCapsid Proteinscapsidencapsulinicosahedralself‐assemblytwo‐component

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PMID40557621
PMCPMC12407261

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