SUBSTANCE HYDROPHOBIN DERIVED FROM TRICHOLOMA MATSUTAKE WHICH COVERTS THE SURFACE PROPERTIES FROM HYDROPHOBIC INTO HYDROPHILIC OR THE CONTRARY THEREOF AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME

摘要

PURPOSE: A substance hydrophobin derived from Tricholoma matsutake and a gene encoding the same are provided, which substance hydrophobin is a low molecular weight protein produced from filamentous fungi, and forms a thin protein membrane on an interfacial surface between liquid and gas phases to covert the surface properties from hydrophobic into hydrophilic or the contrary thereof, so that the substance can be useful in cosmetics and medicines. CONSTITUTION: The substance hydrophobin derived from Tricholoma matsutake has the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the amino acid sequence of hydrophobin has a structure containing 4 loops through the disulfide bonds, and exhibits Basidiomycetes-specific hydrophobic patterns. The gene encoding the substance hydrophobin derived from Tricholoma matsutake of SEQ ID NO:2 has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.