Titelangaben
Slotta, Ute ; Hess, Simone ; Spieß, Kristina ; Stromer, Thusnelda ; Serpell, Louise ; Scheibel, Thomas:
Spider Silk and Amyloid Fibrils : A Structural Comparison.
In: Macromolecular Bioscience.
Bd. 7
(2007)
Heft 2
.
- S. 183-188.
ISSN 1616-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.200600201
Abstract
Although spider silks have been studied for decades, the assembly properties of the underlying silk proteins have still not been unravelled. Previously, the detection of amyloid-like nanofibrils in the spider's silk gland suggested their involvement in the assembly process.
Recombinantly produced spider silk also self-assembles into nanofibrils. In order to investigate the structural properties of such silk nanofibrils in more detail, they have been compared to amyloid-like fibrils to highlight structural similarities.