Géza Szilvay

2.11.2007
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Self-assembly of hydrophobin proteins from the fungus Trichoderma reesei

Reviewers:

Docent Marc Baumann, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Professor Peter Slotte, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Opponent:

Professor Bengt Harald Jonsson, Linköpings Universitet, Linköping, Sweden

Custos:

Professor Carl G. Gahmberg, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Publications:

  1. Szilvay GR, Paananen A, Laurikainen K, Vuorimaa E, Lemmetyinen H, Peltonen J & Linder MB. (2007) Self-assembled hydrophobin protein films at the air-water interface: structural analysis and molecular engineering. Biochemistry 46:2345-2354.
  2. Linder M, Szilvay GR, Nakari-Setälä T, Söderlund H, Penttilä M. (2002) Surface adhesion of fusion proteins containing the hydrophobins HFBI and HFBII from Trichoderma reesei. Protein Sci. 11:2257-66.
  3. Szilvay GR, Nakari-Setala T & Linder MB. (2006) Behaviour of Trichoderma reesei hydrophobins in solution: interactions, dynamics, and multimer formation. Biochemistry. 45:8590-8598.
  4. Szilvay GR, Kisko K, Serimaa R & Linder MB. (2007) The relation between solution association and surface activity of the hydrophobin HFBI from Trichoderma reesei. FEBS Letters 581:2721-2726.