Complete sequences of the velvet worm slime proteins reveal that slime formation is enabled by disulfide bonds and intrinsically disordered regions
Y. Lu, B. Sharma, W. L. Soon, S. Xiangyan, T. Zhao, Y. T. Lim, R. M. Sobota, S. Hoon, G. Pilloni, A. Usadi, K. Pervushin, A. Miserez
The paper determines the complete sequences of velvet worm slime proteins and identifies disulfide bonds and intrinsically disordered regions as key to slime self-assembly.
bioRxiv · Feb 18, 2022Bioengineering