Multicomponent nature underlies the extraordinary mechanical properties of spider dragline silk
Nobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Masaru Mori, Yuki Yoshida, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Ali D. Malay, Daniel A. Pedrazzoli Moran, Masaru Tomita, Keiji Numata, Kazuharu Arakawa
The paper identifies the multicomponent nature of spider dragline silk and shows that its mechanical properties arise from the combination of specific spidroin and SpiCE proteins.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 26, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology