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Local Structure in Spider Dragline Silk Investigated by Two-Dimensional Spin-Diffusion Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
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The local structure of dragline silk from the spider Nephila madagascariensis is investigated by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance. Two-dimensional (2D) spin-diffusion experiments show that the alanine-rich domains of the protein form β-sheet structures in agreement with one-dimensional NMR results from a different species of the genus Nephila (Simons, A.; Ray, E.; Jelinski, L. W. Macromolecules 1994, 27, 5235) but at variance with diffraction results. The microstructure of the glycine-rich domains is found to be ordered. The simplest model that explains the experimental findings is a 3 1 -helical structure. Random coils, planar β-sheets, and α-helical conformations are not found in significant amounts in the glycine-rich domains. This observation may help to explain the extraordinary mechanical properties of this silk, because 3 1 -helices can form interhelix hydrogen bonds.
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- Authors
- Kümmerlen, J., van Beek, J. D., Vollrath, F., & Meier, B. H.
- Venue
- Macromolecules
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 1996-01-01
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 2920-2928
- ISSN
- 0024-9297 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5835
- OpenAlex
- W2096018585
- Cited by
- 265
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 11.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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