Inhibition of curli assembly and Escherichia coli biofilm formation by the human systemic amyloid precursor transthyretin

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and other Enterobacteriaceae produce an extracellular matrix consisting of curli amyloid fibers and cellulose. The precursor of curli fibers is the amyloidogenic protein CsgA. The human systemic amyloid precursor protein transthyretin (TTR) is known to inhibit amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregation in vitro and suppress the Alzheimer's-like phenotypes in a transgenic mouse model of Aβ deposition. We hypothesized that TTR...

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