Journal
BIOMOLECULES
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom7030060
Keywords
amyloid fiber; Streptomyces; Bacillus subtilis; chaplin; TasA; biofilm; extracellular matrix; development; multicellular growth
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- Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral fellowship
- Technical University of Denmark
- VIDI from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) [12957]
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Amyloid fibrils play pivotal roles in all domains of life. In bacteria, these fibrillar structures are often part of an extracellular matrix that surrounds the producing organism and thereby provides protection to harsh environmental conditions. Here, we discuss the role of amyloid fibrils in the two distant Gram-positive bacteria, Streptomyces coelicolor and Bacillus subtilis. We describe how amyloid fibrils contribute to a multitude of developmental processes in each of these systems, including multicellular growth and community development. Despite this variety of tasks, we know surprisingly little about how their assembly is organized to fulfill all these roles.
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