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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-5
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The cell wall of a diatom is made up of a silica-based scaffold and organic macromolecules. Proteins located in the cell wall are believed to control morphogenesis of the species-specific silica structures of the scaffold. However, data that correlate distinct silica elements and specific proteins within the diatom cell wall have not been reported. Here, the cell wall protein HEP200 (200-kDa HF-extractable protein) from the diatom Cylinidrotheca fusiformis is identified and characterized. HEP200 is tightly associated with a substructure of the silica scaffold. It is a member of a new protein family, of which two more members are identified. Each member displays the same bipartite structure. The N-terminal part consists of a variable number of a repeated sequence motif (PSCD domain), whereas the C-terminal part is unique. Immunolocalization experiments revealed the arrangement of different proteins within the cell wall. Frustulins, a previously described group of glycoproteins, constitute the outer coat of the cell wall and exhibit a ubiquitous distribution. In contrast, HEP200 is specifically located at a subset of about six silica strips in intact cell walls, shielded by frustulins. This study therefore identifies a diatom cell wall protein (HEP200) that is associated with a distinct substructure of the silica scaffold.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
250
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-105
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Algal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Cell Wall, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Diatoms, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Hydrofluoric Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9431996-Silicon Dioxide
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of a 200-kDa diatom protein that is specifically associated with a silica-based substructure of the cell wall.
pubmed:affiliation
Lehrstuhl für Biochemie I, Universität Regensburg, Germany. nils.kroeger@vkl.uni-regensburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't