Molecular Biology of Archaea, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 10, D-35043 Marburg, Germany.
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2011 Jun;9(6):414-26. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2576.
At first glance, archaea and bacteria look alike; however, the composition of the archaeal cell envelope is fundamentally different from the bacterial cell envelope. With just one exception, all archaea characterized to date have only a single membrane and most are covered by a paracrystalline protein layer. This Review discusses our current knowledge of the composition of the archaeal cell surface. We describe the wide range of cell wall polymers, O- and N-glycosylated extracellular proteins and other cell surface structures that archaea use to interact with their environment.
乍一看，古菌和细菌看起来很相似；然而，古菌细胞膜的组成与细菌细胞膜的组成有根本的不同。到目前为止，所有已被描述的古菌只有一个例外，它们都只有一个单一的膜，而且大多数都被一层准晶蛋白质层覆盖。这篇综述讨论了我们目前对古菌细胞表面组成的认识。我们描述了广泛的细胞壁聚合物、O-和 N-糖基化的细胞外蛋白质和其他细胞表面结构，古菌利用这些结构与它们的环境相互作用。
