Complete sequences of the velvet worm slime proteins reveal that slime formation is enabled by disulfide bonds and intrinsically disordered regions

• Main Authors: Lu, Yang, Sharma, Bhargy, Soon, Wei Long, Shi, Xiangyan, Zhao, Tianyun, Lim, Yan Ting, Sobota, Radoslaw M., Hoon, Shawn, Pilloni, Giovanni, Usadi, Adam, Pervushin, Konstantin, Miserez, Ali
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Fibers; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166924
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The slime of velvet worms (Onychophora) is a strong and fully biodegradable protein material, which upon ejection undergoes a fast liquid-to-solid transition to ensnare prey. However, the molecular mechanisms of slime self-assembly are still not well understood, notably because the primary structure...