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Analysis of the Interaction Between Bacillus coagulans and Bacillus thuringiensis S-layers and Calcium Ions by XRD, Light Microscopy, and FTIR

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S-layer is a self-assemble regularly crystalline surface that covers major cell wall component of many bacteria and archaea and exhibits a high metal-binding capacity. We have studied the effect of the calcium ions and type of solid support (glass or mica) on the structure of the S-layers from Bacillus coagulans HN-68 and Bacillus thuringiensis MH14 upon simple methods based on light microscopy and AFM. Furthermore, the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) study is indicated that the calcium–S-layer interaction occurred mainly through the carboxylate groups of the side chains of aspartic acid (Asp) and glutamic acid (Glu) and nitrogen atoms of Lys, Asn, and histidine (His) amino acids and N–H groups of the peptide backbone. Studied FTIR revealed that inner faces of S-layer are mainly negative, and outer faces of S-layer are mainly positive. Probably, calcium ions with positive charges bound to the carboxyl groups of Glu and Asp. Accordingly, calcium ions are anchored in the space between the inner faces of S-layer with negative charge and the surface of mica with negative charge. This leads to regular arrangement of the S-layer subunits.

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    Ghazal Babolmorad, Giti Emtiazi & Rahman Emamzadeh

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Babolmorad, G., Emtiazi, G. & Emamzadeh, R. Analysis of the Interaction Between Bacillus coagulans and Bacillus thuringiensis S-layers and Calcium Ions by XRD, Light Microscopy, and FTIR. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 173, 103–115 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-014-0799-0

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