Biophysical characterization of squid’s sucker ring teeth proteins

• Main Author: Kumar Dhawan Akshita
• Other Authors: Julien Lescar
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biophysics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69647
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sucker ring teeth (SRT) are natural biopolymers entirely composed of proteins (called “suckerins”) exhbiting a block-copolymer-like structure. Despite being stabalized exclusively through the cooperative action of weak interactions, they feature exceptional mechanical properties that rival those of...