Cyanobacteria and some proteobacteria use a protein shell to concentrate the abundant but inefficient RuBisCO enzyme with CO2 to produce organic carbon. Below we can see these carboxysomes positioned by an oscillating protein gradient. https://t.co/ktXB1sp
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@vivek_mutalik Do check out the paper where the movie is from. more cool movies where that came from! https://t.co/mFAeDOjHcz
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@eliza_coli @AngelaB45446735 Mesmerizing arent they! The movie is from this paper: https://t.co/mFAeDOjHcz. We showed that rather than being a cytoskeletal system, this positioning system employs a Brownian-ratchet model to separate these bacterial compart
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@chienlab @_Alex_Bisson_ All us authors thank you! This paper (where the movie is from) keeps on giving! Love it! https://t.co/mFAeDOjHcz