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<p>Cyanobacteria have evolved a CO<sub>2</sub>-concentrating mechanism (CCM) in the form of a microcompartment with a proteinaceous shell called carboxysome, harbouring the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco and carbonic anhydrase (CA). β-Carboxysome assembly proceeds by an inside-out process, in which Rubisco, CA and the shell adaptor protein ApN (also known as CcmN) first form the pro-carboxysome biomolecular condensate mediated by the scaffolding protein CM (also known as CcmM). How ApN assembles into the pro-carboxysome as a prerequisite for shell formation has remained unclear. Here we show that ApN is recruited to the periphery of the pro-carboxysome as a hetero-complex of three ApN protomers and one CM protomer. The association of (ApN)<sub>3</sub>:CM at the rim of the pro-carboxysome ensures that shell formation and maturation of the carboxysome proceeds only after assembly of the two enzymes, Rubisco and CA, to form the pro-carboxysome core. These results provide mechanistic insight into a critical step of β-carboxysome assembly, informing efforts to introduce a cyanobacterial CCM into plants.</p>

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Stages of biomolecular condensate formation in pro-β-carboxysome assembly

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    2026年2月10日

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  • Kun Zang,
  • Xiaoyu Hong,
  • Nghiem D. Nguyen,
  • Loraine M. Rourke,
  • Jiwon Lee,
  • Benedict M. Long,
  • G. Dean Price,
  • Manajit Hayer-Hartl

摘要

Cyanobacteria have evolved a CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM) in the form of a microcompartment with a proteinaceous shell called carboxysome, harbouring the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco and carbonic anhydrase (CA). β-Carboxysome assembly proceeds by an inside-out process, in which Rubisco, CA and the shell adaptor protein ApN (also known as CcmN) first form the pro-carboxysome biomolecular condensate mediated by the scaffolding protein CM (also known as CcmM). How ApN assembles into the pro-carboxysome as a prerequisite for shell formation has remained unclear. Here we show that ApN is recruited to the periphery of the pro-carboxysome as a hetero-complex of three ApN protomers and one CM protomer. The association of (ApN)3:CM at the rim of the pro-carboxysome ensures that shell formation and maturation of the carboxysome proceeds only after assembly of the two enzymes, Rubisco and CA, to form the pro-carboxysome core. These results provide mechanistic insight into a critical step of β-carboxysome assembly, informing efforts to introduce a cyanobacterial CCM into plants.