Julia Mayrink Ferreira Alves

Characterization of the granule-associated protein AzPhaP from Azotobacter sp. FA8 as a promising protein-based surfactant.

Phasin proteins are attractive candidates for the development of bio-based emulsifiers because they naturally localize at the interface between hydrophobic polyhydroxyalkanoate granules and the bacterial cytoplasm. For most phasins, however, surfactant activity has been described mainly as a macroscopic property, with...