Spider silk proteins - Mechanical property and gene sequence

Rising A, Nimmervoll H, Grip S, Fernandez-Arias A, Storckenfeldt E, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Engstrom W

doi:10.2108/zsj.22.273

Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2005

Spider silk proteins - Mechanical property and gene sequence

Rising A, Nimmervoll H, Grip S, Fernandez-Arias A, Storckenfeldt E, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Engstrom W

Abstract

Spiders spin up to seven different types of silk and each type possesses different mechanical properties. The reports on base sequences of spider silk protein genes have gained importance as the mechanical properties of silk fibers have been revealed. This review aims to link recent molecular data, often translated into amino acid sequences and predicted three dimensional structural motifs, to known mechanical properties

Keywords

spider silk; MaSp1; MaSp2; structure; function

Published in

Zoological Science
2005, volume: 22, number: 3, pages: 273-281
Publisher: ZOOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN

Authors' information

Rising, Anna

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health

Grip, Stefan

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health

Engström, Wilhelm

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health

Knight, David P

Fernandez-Arias, Armando

Storckenfeldt, Erica

Vollrath, Fritz

Nimmervoll, Helena

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.22.273

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/7583