title: The structure of bacterial S-layer proteins.
abstract: S-layers are self-assembled paracrystalline protein lattices that cover many bacteria and almost all archaea. As an important component of the bacterial cell envelope, S-layers can fulfill various biological functions and are usually the most abundantly expressed protein species in a cell. Here we review the structures of the best characterized S-layer proteins from Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as methods to determine their molecular architecture.
authors: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Structural Biology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors: Tea
authors: T
authors: Pavkov-Keller
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Howorka
authors: Walter
authors: W
authors: Keller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C055764:S-layer proteins