Fig. 2: Montage of tomographic slices of intracellular native encapsulin.
From: In situ and in vitro cryo-EM reveal structures of mycobacterial encapsulin assembly intermediates
a Most encapsulins were found to contain cargo (>90%), which is most often observed as heterogeneous densities. b We identified a distinct circular cargo in some encapsulins (n = 13 encapsulin; yellow arrows). c We identified encapsulins with one (n = 43 encapsulin) or more (n = 7 encapsulin) heterogenous densities on the shell surfaces which we termed encapsulin tails (red arrows). d The shell of most encapsulins appears to be continuous, but some encapsulins appear to have a partially assembled shell (n = 40 encapsulin; cyan arrows). Most partially assembled encapsulins were still found to have cargoes contained inside (n = 34 encapsulin). Scalebar: 25 nm.
