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ArticleBiomacromolecules2017

Structural and Mechanical Roles for the C-Terminal Nonrepetitive Domain Become Apparent in Recombinant Spider Aciniform Silk.

Lingling Xu, Thierry Lefèvre, Kathleen E Orrell, Qing Meng, Michèle Auger, Xiang-Qin Liu, Jan K Rainey

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lingling XuInstitute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, P.R. China.
Thierry LefèvreDépartement de Chimie, Regroupement Québécois de Recherche sur la Fonction, la Structure et l'Ingénierie des Protéines (PROTEO), Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (CERMA) Université Laval , Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada.
Kathleen E Orrell
Qing MengInstitute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, P.R. China.
Michèle AugerDépartement de Chimie, Regroupement Québécois de Recherche sur la Fonction, la Structure et l'Ingénierie des Protéines (PROTEO), Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (CERMA) Université Laval , Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9608-9075
Xiang-Qin Liu
Donghua University · CNPROTEO · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spider aciniform (or wrapping) silk is the toughest of the seven types of spider silks/glue due to a combination of high elasticity and strength. Like most spider silk proteins (spidroins), aciniform spidroin (AcSp1) has a large core repetitive domain flanked by relatively short N- and C-terminal nonrepetitive domains (the NTD and CTD, respectively). The major ampullate silk protein (MaSp) CTD has been shown to control protein solubility and fiber formation, but the aciniform CTD function remains unknown. Here, we compare fiber mechanical properties, solution-state structuring, and fibrous state secondary structural composition, and orientation relative to native aciniform silk for two AcSp1 repeat units with or without fused AcSp1- and MaSp-derived CTDs alongside three AcSp1 repeat units without a CTD. The native AcSp1 CTD uniquely modulated fiber mechanical properties, relative to all other constructs, directly correlating to a native-like structural transformation and alignment.

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AnimalsElasticityFibroinsMechanical PhenomenaProtein DomainsRepetitive Sequences, Amino AcidSilkSpidersFibroinsSilk

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PMID28934550
PMCPMC5762186
OpenAlexW2758929410

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