Amyloid fibrils are formed from polypeptide chains assembled into an organized fibrillar structure. Now, it has been shown that such fibrillar structures can also bind metal ions and catalyse chemical reactions.
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Aumüller, T., Fändrich, M. Catalytic amyloid fibrils. Nature Chem 6, 273–274 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1904
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