Masihuzzaman Ansari

The amazing potential of tiny metabolites to self-assemble into amyloid-like structures, which are usually built from the self-assembly of contiguous polypeptide chains. These metabolite-nanostructures mimic characteristics of protein amyloids, and they possess striking potential for prion-like cross-seeding effect, triggering the amyloid aggregation of diverse proteins, generating protein amyloids, which becomes the foundational event for the onset of devastating amyloid-linked diseases.

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