Bacterial microcompartment protein homohexamer

UniProtKB accession:  D0LID5

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UniProtKB description:  The only hexameric shell protein in this bacterium, it forms the majority of the bacterial microcompartment (BMC) shell. Expression of 5 proteins in E.coli (BMC-H (Hoch_5815), BMC-P (Hoch_5814), and 3 BMC-T (Hoch_5812, Hoch_5816, Hoch_3341)) forms a 40 nm artificial BMC with a molecular mass of 6.5 MDa. There are 60 BMC-H hexamers per BMC. The shell facets are 20-30 Angstroms thick (a single hexamer layer), with 1 of BMC-T trimers protruding to the exterior.