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Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers (S Layers): From Supramolecular Cell Structure to Biomimetics and Nanotechnology
Author(s) -
Sleytr Uwe B.,
Messner Paul,
Pum Dietmar,
Sára Margit
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990419)38:8<1034::aid-anie1034>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - biomimetics , nanotechnology , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , nanostructure , biomimetic materials , chemistry , crystallography , crystal structure
An astonishingly broad application potential in biotechnology, biomimetics, and nanotechnology is revealed by studies on the structure, chemistry, biosynthesis, genetics, self‐assembly, and function of supramolecular surface layers (S layers). These are monomolecular, crystalline assemblies of protein or glycoprotein subunits and represent one of the most commonly observed surface structures of prokaryotic cell envelopes (see schematic representation of an archaebacterial cell envelope).