Maintenance of carboxysome distribution protein B

UniProtKB accession:  B7KMS5

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UniProtKB description:  McdA and McdB together mediate carboxysome (Cb) spacing, size, ultrastucture and probably inheritance in the cell, together they prevent Cb aggregation. McdA is an ATPase that forms dynamic gradients on the nucleoid in response to adapter protein McdB, which associates with carboxysomes. The interplay between McdA gradients on the nucleoid and McdB-bound carboxysomes result in the equal spacing of Cbs along the cell length. Stimulates the ATPase activity of McdA, causing McdA to be released from DNA. Undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation.