title: Bacterial surface proteins. Some structural, functional and evolutionary aspects.
abstract: The structure of several eubacterial and archaebacterial surface (glyco)proteins as determined by three-dimensional electron microscopy is described. Particular emphasis is placed on surface proteins which interact with membranes. Some structure-function relationships deduced from the structural information, such as shape maintenance and molecular recognition phenomena, are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000032:analysis*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000032:analysis*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000032:analysis; D005051:Eubacterium / Q000032:analysis*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013139:Spirillum / Q000032:analysis; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins