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Amino acid compositions of Thai silk fibroin (SFT) and Vietnamese silk fibroin (SFV).
| Amino acid | Percentage (% w/w) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Thai silk fibroin | Vietnamese silk fibroin | |
| Glycine | 46.1 | 46.9 |
| Alanine | 25.8 | 25.4 |
| Serine | 9.8 | 9.5 |
| Tyrosine | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| Valine | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Aspartic acid | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Glutamic acid | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Threonine | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Arginine | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Isoleucine | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Leucine | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Phenylalanine | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Proline | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Lysine | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Others | 2.5 | 2.8 |
