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Science 9 November 1973:
Vol. 182. no. 4112, pp. 584 - 586
DOI: 10.1126/science.182.4112.584
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Functional Organelles in Prokaryotes: Polyhedral Inclusions (Carboxysomes) of Thiobacillus neapolitanus

J. M. Shively 1, Frances Ball 2, D. H. Brown 3, and R. E. Saunders 4

1 Department of Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29631
2 Molecular Anatomy Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
3 Medical Division, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge
4 Department of Plant Pathology, and Physiology, Clemson University

The polyhedral inclusions of Thiobacillus neapolitanus have been isolated; they contain ribulose diphosphate carboxylase.


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Characterization of the Carboxysomal Carbonic Anhydrase CsoSCA from Halothiobacillus neapolitanus.
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Protein Structures Forming the Shell of Primitive Bacterial Organelles.
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CO2-Responsive Expression and Gene Organization of Three Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Enzymes and Carboxysomes in Hydrogenovibrio marinus Strain MH-110.
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A Novel Evolutionary Lineage of Carbonic Anhydrase ({varepsilon} Class) Is a Component of the Carboxysome Shell.
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J. Bacteriol. 186, 623-630
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Microcompartments in Prokaryotes: Carboxysomes and Related Polyhedra.
G. C. Cannon, C. E. Bradburne, H. C. Aldrich, S. H. Baker, S. Heinhorst, and J. M. Shively (2001)
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 67, 5351-5361
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The 17-Gene Ethanolamine (eut) Operon of Salmonella typhimurium Encodes Five Homologues of Carboxysome Shell Proteins.
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Insertion Mutation of the Form I cbbL Gene Encoding Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (RuBisCO) in Thiobacillus neapolitanus Results in Expression of Form II RuBisCO, Loss of Carboxysomes, and an Increased CO2 Requirement for Growth.
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