Diversity in S-layers

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• 作者：Chaohua Zhu^a ; ¹ ; Gang Guo^b ; ^c ; ¹ ; Qiqi Ma^c ; Fengjuan Zhang^b ; Funing Ma^b ; Jianping Liu^d ; Dao Xiao^b ; Xiaolin Yang^a ; Ming Sun^c ; ^{m98sun@mail.hzau.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Surface layers (S-layers) ; Diversity ; S-layer protein (SLP) ; S-layer protein gene ; Structure ; Function
• 刊名：Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：123
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1-15
• 全文大小：1036 K
• 卷排序：123

文摘

Surface layers, referred simply as S-layers, are the two-dimensional crystalline arrays of protein or glycoprotein subunits on cell surface. They are one of the most common outermost envelope components observed in prokaryotic organisms (Archaea and Bacteria). Over the past decades, S-layers have become an issue of increasing interest due to their ubiquitousness, special features and functions. Substantial work in this field provides evidences of an enormous diversity in S-layers. This paper reviews and illustrates the diversity from several different aspects, involving the S-layer-carrying strains, the structure of S-layers, the S-layer proteins and genes, as well as the functions of S-layers.