There is increasing research towards the substitution of petrochemicals by sustainable
components. Biopolymers such as proteins, polysaccharides, and lipids derive from a variety …

Hydrophobins are small amphipathic proteins conserved in filamentous fungi. In this review,
the properties and functions of Aspergillus hydrophobins are comprehensively discussed on …

The soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis is a model organism to investigate the formation of
biofilms, the predominant form of microbial life. The secreted protein BslA self-assembles at …

Verticillium dahliae could cause destructive vascular wilt disease on hundreds of plant
species around the world, including cotton. In this study, we characterized the function of a …

Spores are small, usually unicellular reproductive units produced to propagate genetic
material by prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes, including algae and protozoa, lower …

Surface tension at liquid–air interfaces is a major barrier that needs to be surmounted by a
wide range of organisms; surfactant and interfacially active proteins have evolved for this …

Hydrophobins are surface-active proteins that form a hydrophobic, water-repelling film
around aerial fungal structures. They have a compact, particle-like structure, in which …

We use surface-specific vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy (VSFG) to study
the structure and self-assembling mechanism of the class I hydrophobin SC3 from …

One of the most important properties of membranes is their permeability to water and other
small molecules. A targeted change in permeability allows the passage of molecules to be …

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 …