Hydrophobin
| Fungal hydrophobin | |||||||||||
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 Structure of hydrophobin HFBI from Trichoderma reesei | |||||||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||||||
| Symbol | Hydrophobin_2 | ||||||||||
| Pfam | PF06766 | ||||||||||
| InterPro | IPR010636 | ||||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00739 | ||||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1r2m / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||||
| OPM protein | 1r2m | ||||||||||
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Hydrophobins are a class of small, cysteine rich proteins (~ 100 amino acids) that are expressed only by filamentous fungi. They are known for their capability of forming a hydrophobic (water-repellent) coating on a surface of an object. They were first discovered and separated in Schizophyllum commune in 1991. Based on differences in hydropathy patterns and biophysical properties, they are divided into two categories: class I and class II.
Fungi make complex aerial structures and spores even in aqueous environments.
Hydrophobins have been identified in ascomycetes and basidiomycetes; whether they exist in other groups in not known.[1] Hydrophobins are generally found on the outer surface of conidia and of the hyphal wall, and may be involved in mediating contact and communication between the fungus and its environment.[2] Some family members contain multiple copies of the domain.
References
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|pmid=11544369instead. - ^ Whiteford JR, Spanu PD (2001). "The hydrophobin HCf-1 of Cladosporium fulvum is required for efficient water-mediated dispersal of conidia". Fungal Genet. Biol. 32 (3): 159–168. doi:10.1006/fgbi.2001.1263. PMID 11343402.
Further reading
- Scholtmeijer, Karin (2000). "Expression and engineering of hydrophobin genes". University of Groningen.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - J. Hakanpää, A. Paananen, S. Askolin, T. Nakari-Setälä, T. Parkkinen, M. Penttilä, M. B. Linder, J. Rouvinen (2004). "Atomic Resolution Structure of the HFBII Hydrophobin, a Self-assembling Amphiphile". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279 (1): 534–539. doi:10.1074/jbc.M309650200.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - H. A. B. Wösten, M. L. de Vocht (2000). "Hydrophobins, the fungal coat unravelled". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes. 1469 (2): 79–86. doi:10.1016/S0304-4157(00)00002-2.
- Vishukumar Aimanianda; et al. (2009). "Surface hydrophobin prevents immune recognition of airborne fungal spores". Nature. 460: 1117–1121. doi:doi:10.1038/nature08264.
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