Structural and Functional Plasticity of the Staphylococcus aureus Virulence-Associated Amyloid Peptide PSMα1
Sambhasan Banerjee, V. R. Skoryk, Bader Rayan, Eilon Barnea, Enrico Caragliano, Aleksandr Golubev, Nikolay A. Vinogradov, David Flores‐Solis, Shindhuja Joel, Mariana P. Cali, Emil Gustavsson, Jens B. Bosse, Markus Zweckstetter, Thomas Gutsmann, Oxana l. Klementieva, Meytal Landau
This paper investigates how environmental conditions influence the structural assembly and cytotoxic function of the Staphylococcus aureus virulence peptide PSM1, revealing condition-dependent polymorphic structures and their role in host-cell interactions.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics