Colleen Gustafson
Lab 2
Carboxysome
Cell Structure/ Location:
Caraboxysomes are a fragile section electron micrograph of H. Carboxysomes are polyhedron that “electron cryo-tomography studies have comfirmed” the carboxysome that have protein molecules inside and in a few different layers of the cell. It is found in autotrophic bacteria’s such as “Cyanobacteria, Knallgasbacteria, Nitroso- and Nitrobacteria”.
Function:
Carboxysome is a bacterial compartment that has polyhedral protein shells filled with a few enzymes. Carboxysome observes CO2 with the closeness to RuBisCO, disposing the aggressive reaction with the Oxygen. Carboxysomes is a proteinaceous format that is resembling the phage heads in their morphology.
Unique Characteristics:
The Carboxysomes were first confined from chemoautotrophic bacterium Halothiobacillus neapolitanus. The very first carboxysomes were anticipated in a cyanobacterium in 1956. Also, they were first clarified in 1973 from “Thiobacillus neapolitanus”.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxysome
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/carboxysome
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Microbiology/Book%3A_Microbiology_(Boundless)/4%3A_Cell_Structure_of_Bacteria%2C_Archaea%2C_and_Eukaryotes/4.6%3A_Specialized_Internal_Structures_of_Prokaryotes/4.6C%3A_Carboxysomes
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-642-27833-4_5185-3
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