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. 2012;8(5):e1002700.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002700. Epub 2012 May 31.

Hydrophobins--unique fungal proteins

Jagadeesh Bayry  1 , Vishukumar Aimanianda, J Iñaki Guijarro, Margaret Sunde, Jean-Paul Latgé
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Hydrophobins--unique fungal proteins

Jagadeesh Bayry et al. PLoS Pathog. 2012.
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Fungal hydrophobins.
Fungal hydrophobins are unique amphipathic proteins with multiple roles in the fungal life cycle and in mediating interactions between fungus and host. There is diversity in the primary sequences of hydrophobins but they share a similar core three-dimensional structure and a pattern of four disulfide bonds (shown in amber) that stabilize the structures. Increasingly, these proteins show potential for modification of hydrophobic nanomaterials and in solubilizing lipophilic drugs.
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