Cellular origin of the viral capsid-like bacterial microcompartments

Bacterial microcompartments (BMC) are proteinaceous organelles that structurally resemble viral capsids, but encapsulate enzymes that perform various specialized biochemical reactions in the cell cytoplasm. Th...

Source: Biology Direct - November 13, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Mart Krupovic and Eugene V. Koonin Tags: Discovery notes Source Type: research