Abstract: Fibrous substrates selected from textile substrates and leather are coated using at least one hydrophobin.

Abstract: The use of interface-active non-enzymatic proteins for textile washing. Washing compositions for textile washing which comprise interface-active non-enzymatic proteins, and processes for washing using such proteins.

Abstract: Polypeptides of the general structural formula (I) Xn—C1—X1-50—C2—X0-5—C3—X1-100—C4—X1-100—C5—X1-50—C6—C0-5—C7—X1-50—C8—Xm??(I) production and use thereof.

Abstract: Emulsions of hydrophobic monomers in water comprising inorganic particles as Pickering emulsifiers, and hydrophobin; and also the preparation and use of the emulsions are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel keratin-binding protein active substances, and also to the production and use thereof. Particularly suitable keratin-binding polypeptides are sequences which are contained in human desmoplakin or are derived therefrom by altering the human desmoplakin polypeptide sequences such as amino acid insertions, substitutions or deletions. The polypeptide sequences of the human desmoplakin is represented in SEQ ID NO: 1. A suitable keratin-binding domain (domain B) is the polypeptide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, position 2193 2481, in addition to functional equivalents thereof. An additional keratin-binding domain (domain C) is the polypeptide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, position 2606 2871 and the functional equivalents thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing horn substances from animal skin. The method is characterized in that animal skins are treated in an aqueous bath containing between 0.05 and 5 wt. %, in relation to the weight of the salt, of at least one compound of general formula I or the corresponding alkali metallic salts or alkaline-earth metallic salts thereof or ammonium or phosphonium salts.

Abstract: Horny substances are removed from animal hides by a process wherein animal hides are treated in a liquor comprising from 0.05 to 5% by weight, based on the salted weight, of one or more compounds of the formula I or the corresponding alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or ammonium or phosphonium salts thereof, the variables being defined as follows: R1 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C12-alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted by one or more S—H or O—H groups; X1 to X4 are identical or different and are selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, O—H, S—H and N—HR2, R2 is hydrogen or C1-C12-alkyl or a C1-C4-alkyl-C?O group, at least one of the radicals X1 to X4 being S—H, and, if R1 contains neither O—H nor S—H, at least one further radical from among X1 to X4 is selected from S—H, OH and NH—R2, and furthermore with at least one compound which catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptide bonds.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel subunits for glutamate receptors and to the DNA sequences coding therefor, and to processes for preparing DNA sequences and receptors. The invention furthermore relates to methods for identifying functional ligands for these receptors.

Abstract: Novel proteins which have a molecular weight of about 42,000 daltons and have at the N terminus the amino acid sequenceXaa Thr Pro Tyr Ala Pro Glu Pro Gly Set Thr Cys Arg Leu Arg Gluwhere X is hydrogen, a phenylalanine residue (Phe) or the amino acid sequences Ala Phe, Val Ala Phe, Gln Val Ala Phe, Ala Gln Val Ala Phe, Pro Ala Gln Val Ala Phe or Leu Pro Ala Gln Val Ala Phe, and which are suitable for the treatment of diseases, are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the precursor protein of amyloid plaque core (APC) polypeptide, to fragments of the precursor protein and to the diagnostic use of the precursor protein and of the fragments. Furthermore, the invention relates to the DNA coding for the precursor protein, to fragments of this DNA and to the diagnostic use of the DNA and of the fragments.