Members of this family function in ethanolamine and propanediol degradation pathways [1-3]. PduV may be involved in the association of the bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) to filaments [4].

1: Evidence that a B12-adenosyl transferase is encoded within the ethanolamine operon of Salmonella enterica. Sheppard DE, Penrod JT, Bobik T, Kofoid E, Roth JR; J Bacteriol. 2004;186:7635-7644. PMID:15516577

2: The 17-gene ethanolamine (eut) operon of Salmonella typhimurium encodes five homologues of carboxysome shell proteins. Kofoid E, Rappleye C, Stojiljkovic I, Roth J; J Bacteriol 1999;181:5317-5329. PMID:10464203

3: The propanediol utilization (pdu) operon of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 includes genes necessary for formation of polyhedral organelles involved in coenzyme B(12)-dependent 1, 2-propanediol degradation. Bobik TA, Havemann GD, Busch RJ, Williams DS, Aldrich HC; J Bacteriol. 1999;181:5967-5975. PMID:10498708

4: Synthesis of empty bacterial microcompartments, directed organelle protein incorporation, and evidence of filament-associated organelle movement. Parsons JB, Frank S, Bhella D, Liang M, Prentice MB, Mulvihill DP, Warren MJ; Mol Cell. 2010;38:305-315. PMID:20417607