Table 1. CO₂ fixation activities of carboxysomes and RubisCO released from the microcompartments.

Mutant	Carboxysomes µmol min−1 mg−1	RubisCO µmol min−1 mg−1
Wild type	0.966±0.020	2.173±0.174
cbbL::Tc NC cbbL	0	- a)
cbbS::Tc NC cbbS	0.096±0.003	0.146±0.009
cbbLS::Tc NC cbbLS	0	- a)
cbbLS::Tc C cbbLS	0.234±0.003	0.295±0.010
cbbL::kanr	0	- a)

^a)Only empty shells are formed in these mutants.