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. 2010 Jul 29;68(2):169–184. doi: 10.1007/s00018-010-0462-z

Table 3.

Architecture of selected recombinant spidroin fragments

Schematic description of constructa Example (construct name) Block length (residues) Protein size (kDa) Reference
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Figa_HTML.gif DP1B Ala: 7; GlyX:15–20 65–163 [48, 56, 67, 97]
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Figb_HTML.gif SP1 Ala: 5; GlyX:10 25 [49, 50, 54, 59]
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Figc_HTML.gif

1E

2E

3E

 Ala: 8; GlyX: 28 63 [62]
71
67
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Figd_HTML.gif 1F9 Ala: 5–7; GlyX: 20–25 94 [9, 86, 87]
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Fige_HTML.gif SO1 (ELP) Ala: 6; GlyX: 20–30; 5 different GlyX 51 [80, 100]
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Figf_HTML.gif CRGD15 Ala: 6; GlyX: 20–30 55 [59, 66, 114]
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Figg_HTML.gif AQ12 (NR3); AQ24 (NR3); C16 (NR4) Ala: 6–8; GlyX: 6–20 48 (60); 94 (106); 48 (58), respectively [57, 58, 63, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 99, 105]
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Figh_HTML.gif ADF3 Ala: 6–8; GlyX: 6–20 60 [70, 73]
graphic file with name 18_2010_462_Figi_HTML.gif (NT)4RepCT Ala: 12–15; GlyX: 13–19 12 (21) [11, 33, 90, 91, 93]

CT C-terminal domain, NT N-terminal domain

aThe superscript indicates the different nature of the repeat, the subscript indicates the number of bracketed repeats. For longer repeats, internal segments are indicated with dots. Domains within parenthesis are optional