Selective molecular transport through the protein shell of a bacterial microcompartment organelle.
Chowdhury, C., Chun, S., Pang, A., Sawaya, M.R., Sinha, S., Yeates, T.O., Bobik, T.A.(2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112: 2990-2995
- PubMed: 25713376 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423672112
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4QIF, 4QIG, 4RBT, 4RBU, 4RBV - PubMed Abstract: 
Bacterial microcompartments are widespread prokaryotic organelles that have important and diverse roles ranging from carbon fixation to enteric pathogenesis. Current models for microcompartment function propose that their outer protein shell is selectively permeable to small molecules, but whether a protein shell can mediate selective permeability and how this occurs are unresolved questions ...