Convergently-evolved structural anomalies in the coiled coil domains of insect silk proteins

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 402-411

  Sutherland, Tara D ^a   Trueman, Holly E ^a   Walker, Andrew A ^a,b   Weisman, Sarah ^a   Campbell, Peter M ^a   Dong, Zhaoming ^a,c   Huson, Mickey G ^a   Woodhead, Andrea L ^a   Church, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cocoons; Coiled coil; Helices; Insect; Protein; Silk

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECT SILK PROTEIN; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SILK;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SERICULTURE; SOLID STATE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; XENOPSYLLA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

APOIDEA; ARGIDAE (HYMENOPTERANS); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; NEUROPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VESPIDAE;

ALANINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SILK;

EID: 84901623481     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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