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What are micro-compartments?


Introduction

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Structure
Structure
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Mutated micro-compartment structures model
Mutated micro-compartment structures model
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Abundance
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Predicting the number of enzymes in a micro-compartment
Predicting the number of enzymes in a micro-compartment
The aim of this model was to predict a theoretical maximum number of enzyme molecules that can be packed into a single microcompartment. To get a first estimate, without taking into consideration whether this volume of protein would interrupt the biological processes in the cell, we approached this problem volumetrically.

Due to the complexity of the enzyme movements and their interactions, I simplified their structures by approximating them as ellipsoids with axes lengths calculated through modelling the monomers and predicting the structures of the FdhA tetramer and DcmA hexamer respectively.