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Metastable Dimeric Intermediate Drives Native-like Spidroin Fibrillogenesis, while Dehydration Promotes Cross-β Transition
Haruya Kajimoto, Kento Yonezawa, Kok Sim Chan…·Hironari Kamikubo
This paper identifies a metastable dimeric intermediate essential for forming native-like spidroin fibrils, but shows dehydration causes irreversible transition to amyloid-like cross-β structures.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.09.749980