Abstract
The complex polysaccharide-degrading marine bacterium Saccharophagus degradans strain 2-40 produces putative proteins that contain numerous cadherin and cadherin-like domains involved in intercellular contact interactions. The current study reveals that both domain types exhibit reversible calcium-dependent binding to different complex polysaccharides which serve as growth substrates for the bacterium.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 283-285 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Bacteriology |
Volume | 193 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2011 |