Epigallocatechin gallate remodels overexpressed functional amyloids in pseudomonas aeruginosa and increases biofilm susceptibility to antibiotic treatment

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 291, Issue 51, 2016, Pages 26540-26553

  Stenvang, Marcel ^a,b,c   Dueholm, Morten S ^d   Vad, Brian S ^a,b   Seviour, Thomas ^e   Zeng, Guanghong ^a   Geifman Shochat, Susana ^b   Søndergaard, Mads T ^d   Christiansen, Gunna ^a   Meyer, Rikke Louise ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a,g   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^d,f   Otzen, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC)   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; COMBINATION TREATMENTS; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING MOLECULES; STRUCTURAL REMODELING;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; PYOCYANINE; THIOFLAVINE; TOBRAMYCIN; AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATECHIN; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CATECHIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; THIAZOLES; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 85006247399     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.739953     Document Type: Article

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