title: Diversity in S-layers.
abstract: 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.
authors: College of Environment and Plant protection, Hainan University/Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resources (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, 570228, Hainan, PR China.
authors: Chaohua
authors: C
authors: Zhu
authors: Haikou Experimental Station/Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 570102, Hainan, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, PR China.
authors: Gang
authors: G
authors: Guo
authors: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, PR China.
authors: Qiqi
authors: Q
authors: Ma
authors: Haikou Experimental Station/Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 570102, Hainan, PR China.
authors: Fengjuan
authors: F
authors: Zhang
authors: Haikou Experimental Station/Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 570102, Hainan, PR China.
authors: Funing
authors: F
authors: Ma
authors: Division of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (MBB), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden.
authors: Jianping
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: Haikou Experimental Station/Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 570102, Hainan, PR China.
authors: Dao
authors: D
authors: Xiao
authors: College of Environment and Plant protection, Hainan University/Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resources (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, 570228, Hainan, PR China.
authors: Xiaolin
authors: X
authors: Yang
authors: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, PR China. Electronic address: m98sun@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Sun
mesh_terms: D002477:Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins
keywords: Diversity; Function; S-layer protein (SLP); S-layer protein gene; Structure; Surface layers (S-layers)