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Peptide Synthesis> | … Materials Synthetic N-terminally formylated PSM peptides were purchased from GenScript at >95% purity. Fg from human plasma, Alexa Fluor 488-labeled Fg, hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP), trifluoroacetic acid, and other chemicals were from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). … | Get A Quote |
Functional amyloids are highly organized protein/peptide structures that promote biofilm formation in different bacteria. One such example is provided by a family of 20-45 residue-long peptides called phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs) from . External components such as eukaryotic host proteins, which alter self-assembly of bacterial amyloids, can affect the biofilm matrix. Here, we studied the effect of the highly prevalent human plasma protein fibrinogen (Fg) on fibrillation of PSMs. Fg inhibits or suppresses fibrillation of most PSMs tested (PSMα1, PSMβ1, and PSMβ2) except for PSMα3, whose already rapid aggregation is accelerated even further by Fg but leads to amorphous β-rich aggregates rather than fibri... More