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- * Fungal hydrophobins signature *
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- The surface of many fungal spores is covered by a hydrophobic sheath, the
- rodlet layer whose main component is a protein known as the rodlet protein [1,
- 2]. The rodlet proteins of Neurospora crassa (gene eas) and Emericella
- nidulans (gene rodA) are evolutionary related to proteins found in the cell
- wall of fruiting bodies of the mushroom Schizophyllum commune [3].
- Collectively, these low-molecular-weight, cysteine-rich (8 conserved
- cysteines), hydrophobic proteins, are known as hydrophobins.
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- As a signature pattern we selected a conserved region that contains three
- cysteines and which is located in the C-terminal section.
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- -Consensus pattern: [GSNQK](3)-C-[GSTAQNK](3)-x(2)-C-C-[DENQK]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: June 1994 / First entry.
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- [ 1] Stringer M.A., Dean R.A., Sewall T.C., Timberlake W.E.
- Genes Dev. 5:1161-1171(1991).
- [ 2] Lauter F.-R., Russo V.E.A., Yanofskay C.
- Genes Dev. 6:2373-2381(1992).
- [ 3] Schuren F.H.J., Wessels J.G.H.
- Gene 90:199-205(1990).
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