The Three-dimensional Structure of the Surface Protein of Acidianus brierleyi Determined by Electron Crystallography

Acidianus brierleyi, a thermoacidophilic sulfur-metabolizing archaebacterium, possesses, like most other archaebacteria, a regularly arrayed surface protein (S-layer). The three-dimensional structure of the layer, which has a lattice constant of 19 nm and p3 symmetry, has been determined to a resolu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Systematic and applied microbiology 1991, Vol.14 (2), p.103-110
Hauptverfasser: Baumeister, Wolfgang, Volker, Susanne, Santarius, Ute
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Zusammenfassung:Acidianus brierleyi, a thermoacidophilic sulfur-metabolizing archaebacterium, possesses, like most other archaebacteria, a regularly arrayed surface protein (S-layer). The three-dimensional structure of the layer, which has a lattice constant of 19 nm and p3 symmetry, has been determined to a resolution of approx. 1.6 nm by electron crystallography. The structure is highly reminiscent of the Sulfolobus solfataricus and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius S-layer structures.
ISSN:0723-2020
1618-0984
DOI:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80286-9