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Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers
Uwe B Sleytr • Paul Messner • Dietmar Pum • Margit Sara
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Crystalline surface layers (S-layers) represent an almost universal feature of archaebacterial cell envelopes and can be found in gram-positive and gram-negative eubacterial species from nearly all phylogenetic branches. S-layers consist of a single protein- or glycoprotein species and thus can be considered as one of the most primitive membrane structures developed during evolution. Prokaryotes carrying S-layers are ubiquitously found in every part of the biosphere. This supports the concept of a general supramolecular "porous crystalline surface layer" fulfilling a broad spectrum of functions which are strongly dependent on the particular environmental and ecological conditions. Their structural simplicity makes S-layers a suitable model for analyzing structure-function relationships as well as dynamic aspects of membrane morphogenesis.
- Format: Pocket/Paperback
- ISBN: 9783642735394
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 193
- Utgivningsdatum: 2011-12-16
- Förlag: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K