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Revision as of 13:15, 22 August 2017

Team: Manchester. We are a team of undergraduate students from the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.
Recover • Remediate • Recycle


Bacterial microcompartments are organelles consisting of a protein shell that encases enzymes and other proteins


PPK is an enzyme that builds up a polyphosphate chain


PPX is an enzyme that breaks down the polyphosphate chain


Tagging PPK into microcompartments causes build up of polyphosphate and prevents polyphosphate degradation by PPX