Coassembly of a new insect cuticular protein and chitosan via liquid–liquid phase separation

• Main Authors: Gong, Qiuyu, Chen, Lei, Wang, Jining, Yuan, Fenghou, Ma, Zhiming, Chen, Guoxin, Huang, Yinjuan, Miao, Yansong, Liu, Tian, Zhang, Xin-Xing, Yang, Qing, Yu, Jing
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Chitosan; Peptides and Proteins
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161612
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Insect cuticle is a fiber-reinforced composite material that consists of polysaccharide chitin fibers and a protein matrix. The molecular interactions between insect cuticle proteins and chitin that govern the assembly and evolution of cuticle are still not well understood. Herein, we report that Os...