TABLE 3.
Proteolytic enzyme (Proteinase K, Protease XIV) information (Brown et al., 2015; Wongpinyochit et al., 2018; Guo et al., 2020).
| Enzyme | Cleavage sites | # of Estimated cleavage sites on silk fibroin |
| Proteinase K | His, Phe, Trp, Tyr, Ala, Ile, Leu, Pro, Val, Met | ∼2,200 |
| Protease XIV | Tyr, Phe, Trp, His, Lys, Arg | ∼390 |