Tracking Transitions in Spider Wrapping Silk Conformation and Dynamics by 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

M Sarker, KE Orrell, L Xu, ML Tremblay, JJ Bak… - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Aciniform silk protein (AcSp1) is the primary component of wrapping silk, the toughest of the
spider silks because of a combination of high tensile strength and extensibility. Argiope …