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Dual amyloid domains promote differential functioning of the chaplin proteins during Streptomyces aerial morphogenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 14 Jun 2011
Capstick David S, Jomaa Ahmad, Hanke Chistopher, Ortega Joaquin, Elliot Marie A
Abstract excerpt
The chaplin proteins are functional amyloids found in the filamentous Streptomyces bacteria. These secreted proteins are required for the aerial development of Streptomyces coelicolor, and contribute to an intricate rodlet ultrastructure that decorates the surfaces of aerial hyphae and spores. S. coelicolor encodes eight chaplin proteins. Previous studies have revealed that only three of these proteins (ChpC,...
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