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The Green Tea Polyphenol Epigallocatechin-Gallate (EGCG) Interferes with Microcin E492 Amyloid Formation

Microcin E492 (MccE492) is an antimicrobial peptide and proposed virulence factor produced by some Klebsiella pneumoniae strains, which, under certain conditions, form amyloid fibers, leading to the loss of its antibacterial activity. Although this protein has been characterized as a model functiona...

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Autores principales: Aguilera, Paulina, Berríos-Pastén, Camilo, Veloso, Marcelo, Gálvez-Silva, Matías, Turbant, Florian, Lagos, Rosalba, Wien, Frank, Arluison, Veronique, Marcoleta, Andrés E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10648153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37959682
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28217262