[NMR paper] Biomimicry of artificial spider silk spinning assessed by NMR
Biomimicry of artificial spider silk spinning assessed by NMR
Biomimetic spinning of artificial spider silk requires that the terminal domains of designed minispidroins undergo specific structural changes in concert with the ?-sheet conversion of the repetitive region. Here, we combine solution and solid state NMR methods to probe domain-specific structural changes in the NT2RepCT minispidroin, which allows us to assess the degree of biomimicry of artificial silk spinning. In addition, we show that the structural effects of post-spinning procedures can be examined. By studying the impact...
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[NMR paper] Protein secondary structure of Green Lynx spider dragline silk investigated by solid-state NMR and X-ray diffraction.
Protein secondary structure of Green Lynx spider dragline silk investigated by solid-state NMR and X-ray diffraction.
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Int J Biol Macromol. 2015 Jul 29;
Authors: Xu D, Shi X, Thompson F, Weber WS, Mou Q, Yarger JL
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In this study, the secondary structure of the major ampullate silk from Peucetia viridans (Green Lynx) spiders is characterized by X-ray diffraction and solid-state NMR...
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Protein Secondary Structure of Green Lynx Spider Dragline Silk Investigated by Solid-state NMR and X-ray Diffraction
Protein Secondary Structure of Green Lynx Spider Dragline Silk Investigated by Solid-state NMR and X-ray Diffraction
Publication date: Available online 29 July 2015
Source:International Journal of Biological Macromolecules</br>
Author(s): Dian Xu, Xiangyan Shi, Forrest Thompson, Warner S. Weber, Qiushi Mou, Jeffery L. Yarger</br>
In this study, the secondary structure of the major ampullate silk from Peucetia viridans (Green Lynx) spiders is characterized by X-ray diffraction and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. From X-ray diffraction measurement, ?-sheet...
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Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk - (e) Science News
Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk - (e) Science News
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Jan Rainey's group at Dalhousie University used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to analyze the structure of AcSp1's repeat sequence at very high resolution, producing one of the first spider silk repeat...
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Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk - Nanowerk
Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk - Nanowerk
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Jan Rainey's group at Dalhousie University used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to analyze the structure of AcSp1's repeat sequence at very high resolution, producing one of the first spider silk repeat unit structure sequences...
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Exploring the Backbone Dynamics of Native Spider Silk Proteins in Black Widow Silk Glands with Solution-state NMR Spectroscopy
Exploring the Backbone Dynamics of Native Spider Silk Proteins in Black Widow Silk Glands with Solution-state NMR Spectroscopy
Publication date: Available online 13 June 2014
Source:Polymer</br>
Author(s): Dian Xu , Jeffery L. Yarger , Gregory P. Holland</br>
Spider dragline silk is an outstanding biopolymer with a strength that exceeds steel by weight and a toughness greater than high-performance fibers like Kevlar. For this reason, understanding how a spider converts the gel-like, aqueous protein spinning dope within the major ampullate (MA) gland into a super...
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[NMR paper] Amino Acid Analysis of spider dragline silk using (1)H NMR.
Amino Acid Analysis of spider dragline silk using (1)H NMR.
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Anal Biochem. 2013 May 30;
Authors: Shi X, Holland GP, Yarger JL
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The amino acid composition of N. clavipes dragline silk fiber is determined by conducting (1)H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy experiments on acid hydrolyzed material. N. clavipes dragline silk was found to consist of 43.0±0.6% Gly, 29.3±0.2% Ala, 9.1±0.1% Glx, 4.0±0.1% Leu, 3.3±0.1% Tyr, 3.4 ±0.2% Ser, 2.7±0.1%...