Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p An S-layer (surface layer) is a part of the cell envelope commonly found in bacteria, as well as among archaea.It consists of a monomolecular layer composed of identical proteins or glycoproteins. This structure is built via self-assembly and encloses the whole cell surface. Thus, the S-layer protein can represent up to 10–15% of the whole protein content of a cell. S-layer proteins are poorly conserved or not conserved at all, and can differ markedly even between related species.Depending on species, the S-layers have a thickness between 5 and 25 nm and possess identical pores with 2–8 nm in diameter. S-layers exhibit either an oblique (p1, p2), square (p4) or hexagonal (p3, p6) lattice symmetry. Depending on the lattice symmetry, the S-layer is composed of one (P1), two (P2), three (P3), four (P4), or six (P6) identical protein subunits, respectively. The center-to-center spacings (or unit cell dimensions) between these subunits range between 2.5 and 35 nm.. }
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- S-layer abstract "An S-layer (surface layer) is a part of the cell envelope commonly found in bacteria, as well as among archaea.It consists of a monomolecular layer composed of identical proteins or glycoproteins. This structure is built via self-assembly and encloses the whole cell surface. Thus, the S-layer protein can represent up to 10–15% of the whole protein content of a cell. S-layer proteins are poorly conserved or not conserved at all, and can differ markedly even between related species.Depending on species, the S-layers have a thickness between 5 and 25 nm and possess identical pores with 2–8 nm in diameter. S-layers exhibit either an oblique (p1, p2), square (p4) or hexagonal (p3, p6) lattice symmetry. Depending on the lattice symmetry, the S-layer is composed of one (P1), two (P2), three (P3), four (P4), or six (P6) identical protein subunits, respectively. The center-to-center spacings (or unit cell dimensions) between these subunits range between 2.5 and 35 nm.".