Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

The Cryo-EM structures of two amphibian antimicrobial cross-β amyloid fibrils

  • Robert Bücker,
  • Carolin Seuring,
  • Cornelia Cazey,
  • Katharina Veith,
  • Maria García-Alai,
  • Kay Grünewald,
  • Meytal Landau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32039-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In this work the authors provide high-resolution structural support for the amyloid-antimicrobial link via functional amyloids displaying propeller-like and kinked cross-β fibrils.