Applications of hydrophobins: current state and perspectives

HAB Wösten, K Scholtmeijer - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2015 - Springer
Hydrophobins are proteins exclusively produced by filamentous fungi. They self-assemble at
hydrophilic-hydrophobic interfaces into an amphipathic film. This protein film renders …

Microbial advanced biofuels production: overcoming emulsification challenges for large-scale operation

AS Heeres, CSF Picone, LAM van der Wielen… - Trends in …, 2014 - cell.com
Isoprenoids and alkanes produced and secreted by microorganisms are emerging as an
alternative biofuel for diesel and jet fuel replacements. In a similar way as for other …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal hydrophobin proteins produce self-assembling protein films with diverse structure and chemical stability

VC Lo, Q Ren, CLL Pham, VK Morris, AH Kwan… - Nanomaterials, 2014 - mdpi.com
Hydrophobins are small proteins secreted by fungi and which spontaneously assemble into
amphipathic layers at hydrophilic-hydrophobic interfaces. We have examined the self …

Modular architecture of protein binding units for designing properties of cellulose nanomaterials

JM Malho, S Arola, P Laaksonen… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular biomimetic models suggest that proteins in the soft matrix of nanocomposites
have a multimodular architecture. Engineered proteins were used together with …

Charge-based engineering of hydrophobin HFBI: effect on interfacial assembly and interactions

M Lienemann, MS Gruner, A Paananen… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hydrophobins are extracellular proteins produced by filamentous fungi. They show a variety
of functions at interfaces that help fungi to adapt to their environment by, for example …

Limited coalescence and Ostwald ripening in emulsions stabilized by hydrophobin HFBII and milk proteins

LM Dimitrova, MP Boneva, KD Danov… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2016 - Elsevier
Hydrophobins are proteins isolated from filamentous fungi, which are excellent foam
stabilizers, unlike most of the proteins. In the present study, we demonstrate that …

Comparative genomics and expression levels of hydrophobins from eight mycorrhizal genomes

F Rineau, H Lmalem, D Ahren, F Shah, T Johansson… - Mycorrhiza, 2017 - Springer
Hydrophobins are small secreted proteins that are present as several gene copies in most
fungal genomes. Their properties are now well understood: they are amphiphilic and …

[HTML][HTML] Novel hydrophobin fusion tags for plant-produced fusion proteins

L Reuter, A Ritala, M Linder, J Joensuu - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Hydrophobin fusion technology has been applied in the expression of several recombinant
proteins in plants. Until now, the technology has relied exclusively on the Trichoderma …

The enhancement of surface activity and nanoparticle stability through the alteration of charged amino acids of HGFI

J Yang, B Wang, L Ge, X Yang, X Wang, Y Dai… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2019 - Elsevier
HGFI (hydrophobin found in Grifola frondosa) is a small surface-active protein, belonging to
class I hydrophobins, and can form amphipathic protein films at hydrophobic-hydrophilic …

Blocking protein adsorption in microfluidic chips by a hydrophobin coating

JN Klatt, T Hutzenlaub, T Subkowski… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics allows the miniaturization of biochemical analyses. Small dimensions reduce
sample and reagent consumption and enhance reaction rates. A downside is that high …