Figure 7

Similarity of the N-terminal regions of L. brevis S-layer proteins with carbohydrate binding motifs. The motifs were determined by Wren [45] and von Eichel-Streiber et al [44]. In the consensus sequences upper case letters indicate highly conserved residues [44] or residues with an identity of 50% or higher [45]. X, variable residue. A broken underline indicates potential carbohydrate-binding motifs at different locations: YFRAYG of SlpA corresponds to YFDxNG of the consensus sequence of Ref [44]; KAYRGW of SlpB corresponds to KAVTGW of the consensus sequences of References [44] and [45]; LSNKSYY of SlpD and Q03P39 corresponds to IDGkwYY of the consensus sequence of Ref [44].