Bacterial inclusion bodies are industrially exploitable amyloids

A De Marco, N Ferrer-Miralles… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the structure, functionalities and biology of functional amyloids is an issue of
emerging interest. Inclusion bodies, namely protein clusters formed in recombinant bacteria …

Inclusion bodies: not that bad…

A Ramón, M Señorale-Pose, M Marín - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The formation of inclusion bodies (IBs) constitute a frequent event during the production of
heterologous proteins in bacterial hosts. Although the mechanisms leading to their formation …

Inclusion bodies: a new concept

E García-Fruitós - Microbial cell factories, 2010 - Springer
In the last decades, the understanding of inclusion body biology and consequently, of their
properties and potential biotechnological applications have dramatically changed …

Isolation of cell-free bacterial inclusion bodies

E Rodríguez-Carmona, O Cano-Garrido… - Microbial cell …, 2010 - Springer
Background Bacterial inclusion bodies are submicron protein clusters usually found in
recombinant bacteria that have been traditionally considered as undesirable products from …

Biological role of bacterial inclusion bodies: a model for amyloid aggregation

E García‐Fruitós, R Sabate, NS De Groot… - The FEBS …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Inclusion bodies are insoluble protein aggregates usually found in recombinant bacteria
when they are forced to produce heterologous protein species. These particles are formed …

Supramolecular organization of protein-releasing functional amyloids solved in bacterial inclusion bodies

O Cano-Garrido, E Rodríguez-Carmona, C Díez-Gil… - Acta biomaterialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Slow protein release from amyloidal materials is a molecular platform used by nature to
control protein hormone secretion in the endocrine system. The molecular mechanics of the …

Structural Stabilization of Clinically Oriented Oligomeric Proteins During their Transit through Synthetic Secretory Amyloids

JM Sánchez, H López‐Laguna, E Parladé… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Developing time‐sustained drug delivery systems is a main goal in innovative medicines.
Inspired by the architecture of secretory granules from the mammalian endocrine system it …

Functional protein aggregates: just the tip of the iceberg

A Villaverde, JL Corchero, J Seras-Franzoso… - …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
An increasing number of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell types are being adapted as
platforms for recombinant protein production. The overproduction of proteins in such …

Learning about protein solubility from bacterial inclusion bodies

M Martínez-Alonso, N González-Montalbán… - Microbial cell …, 2009 - Springer
The progressive solving of the conformation of aggregated proteins and the conceptual
understanding of the biology of inclusion bodies in recombinant bacteria is providing …

Insoluble protein assemblies characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

A Natalello, SM Doglia - Insoluble Proteins: Methods and Protocols, 2015 - Springer
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a useful tool for the structural
characterization of insoluble protein assemblies, as it allows to obtain information on the …