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ArticleNano letters2026

Broad Stability and pH-Mediated Reversible Disassembly of In Vitro Assembled Bacterial Microcompartment Shells.

Kyleigh L Range, Timothy K Chiang, Antonino Caliò, Arinita Pramanik, Greg L Hura, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A Kerfeld

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Article in Nano letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Kyleigh L RangeMolecular Foundry Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States.ORCID 0009-0009-4333-7539
Timothy K ChiangMolecular Foundry Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States.ORCID 0009-0000-5811-9221
Antonino CaliòMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2324-2902
Arinita PramanikMolecular Foundry Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States.
Greg L HuraMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States.
Markus SutterMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6290-4820
Cheryl A KerfeldMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9977-8482

Funding

User Training and OutreachP30GM124169 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI PAUL David ADAMS, Gregory L Hura · 2017 to 2026
$28.6M
Energy Frontier Research Centers DE-SC0023395NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM124169U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC02-05CH11231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are self-assembling organelles that colocalize enzymes and metabolites of various biochemical pathways. Their selectively permeable shell is made entirely of protein, and the inherent properties of these systems make them attractive templates for bioengineering synthetic nanoreactors. Understanding the extent of shell stability in an extended range of conditions broadens the scope of chemistries that can be confined in these nanocompartments. Here we analyze the stability of in vitro assembled BMC shells and find that they retain their structure at high concentrations of various solvents and detergents, at temperatures up to 75 °C, and across a pH range from 3.9 to 11. Shell disassembly is observed below pH 3.9, but shells can be reassembled upon increasing the pH back to 8. These results expand the range of reactions that can be performed inside protein-based nanoreactors and underscore the potential of modular BMC shell proteins as versatile biomaterials.

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BacteriaBacterial ProteinsOrganellesHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationTemperatureBacterial ProteinsBacterial MicrocompartmentBiomaterialReversible DisassemblyStability

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