Suzi Jarvis, Anika Mostaert
Bringing together a wide variety of examples of functional amyloid in a single volume, this book explores the importance of amyloid fibrils in fungi, bacteria, algae, invertebrate, and vertebrate animals for providing environmental protection, structural integrity, and regulating biochemical processes. It highlights many of the extraordinary examples of functional amyloid found to date. It, therefore, provides an exciting perspective for the study of amyloid deposits as important and useful protein structures widespread in nature.
1. The World of Functional Amyloid, 2. Hagfish Slime Threads, 3. Fungal Fibrils: Application of the Amyloid Polymer Structure by Fungi, 4. Silkmoth Chorion: A Natural Protective Amyloid, 5. Spider Silk, 6. Yeast Prions: Their Assembly into Protein Fibrils and the Role of Assembly Modulators, 7. Curli Extracellular Matrix, 8. Amyloid-Based Natural Adhesives and Cements, 9. Mammalian Functional Amyloid, 10. Unfolding the Future
Bringing together a wide variety of examples of functional amyloid in a single volume, this book explores the importance of amyloid fibrils in fungi, bacteria, algae, invertebrate, and vertebrate animals for providing environmental protection, structural integrity, and regulating biochemical processes. It highlights many of the extraordinary examples of functional amyloid found to date. It provides an exciting perspective for the study of amyloid deposits as important and useful protein structures widespread in nature.
Amyloid fibrils are known for their association with many devastating human diseases, but non-pathogenic amyloid with useful roles have been identified in a wide range of organisms in nature. This book offers information on functional amyloid. It covers the importance of amyloid fibrils in fungi, bacteria, and invertebrate and vertebrate animals.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The World of Functional Amyloid, 2. Hagfish Slime Threads, 3. Fungal Fibrils: Application of the Amyloid Polymer Structure by Fungi, 4. Silkmoth Chorion: A Natural Protective Amyloid, 5. Spider Silk, 6. Yeast Prions: Their Assembly into Protein Fibrils and the Role of Assembly Modulators, 7. Curli Extracellular Matrix, 8. Amyloid-Based Natural Adhesives and Cements, 9. Mammalian Functional Amyloid, 10. Unfolding the Future
Klappentext
Amyloid fibrils are known for their association with many devastating human diseases, but non-pathogenic amyloid with useful roles have been identified in a wide range of organisms in nature. This book offers information on functional amyloid. It covers the importance of amyloid fibrils in fungi, bacteria, and invertebrate and vertebrate animals.
