Environmental factors influence the Haloferax volcanii S-layer protein structure.

S-layers commonly cover archaeal cell envelopes and are composed of proteins that self-assemble into a paracrystalline surface structure. Despite their detection in almost all archaea, there are few reports investigating the structural properties of these proteins, with no reports exploring this top...

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Main Authors: Thiago Rodrigues-Oliveira, Amanda Araújo Souza, Ricardo Kruger, Bernhard Schuster, Sonia Maria de Freitas, Cynthia Maria Kyaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216863