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SUBMITTER: Gabashvili AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7355545 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gabashvili Anna N AN Chmelyuk Nelly S NS Efremova Maria V MV Malinovskaya Julia A JA Semkina Alevtina S AS Abakumov Maxim A MA
Biomolecules 20200626 6
Recently, a new class of prokaryotic compartments, collectively called encapsulins or protein nanocompartments, has been discovered. The shell proteins of these structures self-organize to form icosahedral compartments with a diameter of 25-42 nm, while one or more cargo proteins with various functions can be encapsulated in the nanocompartment. Non-native cargo proteins can be loaded into nanocompartments and the surface of the shells can be further functionalized, which allows for developing t ...[more]