Carbonic anhydrase generates CO2 and H+ that drive spider silk formation via opposite effects on the terminal domains.

Carbonic anhydrase generates CO2 and H+ that drive spider silk formation via opposite effects on the terminal domains.

Spider silk fibers are produced from soluble proteins (spidroins) under ambient conditions in a complex but poorly understood process. Spidroins are highly repetitive in sequence but capped by nonrepetitive N- and C-terminal domains (NT and CT) that are suggested to regulate fiber conversion in simi...

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Main Authors: Marlene Andersson, Gefei Chen, Martins Otikovs, Michael Landreh, Kerstin Nordling, Nina Kronqvist, Per Westermark, Hans Jörnvall, Stefan Knight, Yvonne Ridderstråle, Lena Holm, Qing Meng, Kristaps Jaudzems, Mitchell Chesler, Jan Johansson, Anna Rising
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4122339?pdf=render

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