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Emerging Roles of Functional Bacterial Amyloids in Gene Regulation, Toxicity, and Immunomodulation.
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- Antibacterial microcins self-assemble to promote biofilm formation in Acinetobacter baumannii.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Unmasking the hidden catalyst: How infections trigger Alzheimer's disease.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Review
- Computational examination of magainin-I-KL mediated disruption of E. coli biofilms via CsgA amyloid interference.Archives of microbiology · 2026Article
- Tuft Cells in the Gut Limit Cognitive Disorders by Regulating Gut Homeostasis.Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Article
- eDNA-Amyloid Synergistic Interactions in Bacterial Biofilms: A Hidden Driver of Antimicrobial Resistance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Plant-Derived Nutraceuticals in Mental Health and Brain Function: Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Potential.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- WalK(S221P) Mutation Promotes the Production ofMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Gene age and genome organization inFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Mechanistic Insights and Emerging Therapeutic Targets of Alzheimer's Disease: From the Perspective of Inter-Organ Crosstalk.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Amyloid transformations of phenol soluble modulin α1 in Staphylococcus aureus and their modulation deploying a prenylated chalcone.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Strategies and materials for the prevention and treatment of biofilms.Materials today. Bio · 2023Review
- Interactions of Neutrophils with the Polymeric Molecular Components of the Biofilm Matrix in the Context of Implant-Associated Bone and Joint Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Amyloid Fibrils Produced byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Selective inhibition of the amyloid matrix of Escherichia coli biofilms by a bifunctional microbial metabolite.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2023Article
- Molecular characterization of the N-terminal half of TasA during amyloid-like assembly and its contribution to Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2023Article
- The role of water in reactions catalysed by hydrolases under conditions of molecular crowding.Biophysical reviews · 2023Review
- Resistance, Tolerance, Virulence and Bacterial Pathogen Fitness-Current State and Envisioned Solutions for the Near Future.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Sticking to the Subject: Multifunctionality in Microbial Adhesins.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Functional amyloids from bacterial biofilms - structural properties and interaction partners.Chemical science · 2022Review
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Abstract
Bacteria often reside in multicellular communities, called biofilms, held together by an extracellular matrix. In many bacteria, the major proteinaceous component of the biofilm are amyloid fibers. Amyloids are highly stable and structured protein aggregates which were known mostly to be associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases. In recent years, microbial amyloids were identified also in other species and shown to play major roles in microbial physiology and virulence. For example, amyloid fibers assemble on the bacterial cell surface as a part of the extracellular matrix and are extremely important to the scaffolding and structural integrity of biofilms, which contribute to microbial resilience and resistance. Furthermore, microbial amyloids play fundamental nonscaffold roles that contribute to the development of biofilms underlying numerous persistent infections. Here, we review several nonscaffold roles of bacterial amyloid proteins, including bridging cells during collective migration, acting as regulators of cell fate, as toxins against other bacteria or against host immune cells, and as modulators of the hosts' immune system. These overall points on the complexity of the amyloid fold in encoding numerous activities, which offer approaches for the development of a novel repertoire of antivirulence therapeutics.
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