Hydrophobins from Aspergillus species cannot be clearly divided into two classes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hydrophobins are a family of small secreted proteins with a characteristic pattern of eight cysteine residues found exclusively in filamentous fungi. They have originally been divided into two classes based on their physical properties and hydropathy patterns, and are involved in the attachment of hyphae to hydrophobic structures, the formation of aerial structures and appear to be involved in pathogenicity.

Findings

Analysis of nine genome sequences from seven Aspergilli revealed fifty hydrophobins, where each species displayed between two to eight hydrophobins. Twenty of the identified hydrophobins have not previously been described from these species. Apart from the cysteines, very little amino acid sequence homology was observed. Twenty-three of the identified

SUBMITTER: Jensen BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3020181 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature