MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

EAS: a fungal hydrophobin

EAS: a fungal hydrophobin

[ PDB file ] [ PubMed link ] Hydrophobins are small fungal proteins that form polymeric fibrils, known as rodlets. These rodlets form a matted coating on the surface of aerial structures like air-dispersed spores. The coating is extremely amphipathic, with an outward...