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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 54(89): 12642-12645, 2018 Nov 06.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30357157
RESUMEN
Here we report a recombinant protein (MS) obtained by genetic fusion of a mussel foot protein (Mfp3) motif into a silk spidroin (MaSp1). The MS not only self-assembled into a supramolecular fibre, as does the parent MaSp1, but also showed enhanced adhesiveness resulting from the DOPA-containing Mfp3 portion. The successful incorporation of the wet adhesiveness of Mfp3 into the well-structured assembly of MaSp1 may provide a new insight for the genetic design of underwater adhesive recombinant proteins by utilizing the structural features of a spidroin protein.