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Cross-linking in adhesive quinoproteins: studies with model decapeptides
- Source :
- Biochemistry. Sept 12, 2000, Vol. 39 Issue 36, p11147, 7 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- Model decapeptides and cross-linking in adhesive quinoproteins have been studied with attention to the chemical effects of oxidation on Mytilus edulis foot protein-1 (mefp1)-derived or -inspired decapeptide sequences in vitro. It seems likely that mefp1 cross-linking has a role in the cohesiveness of byssus, a surface-bonding structure secreted by blue mussels. A byssal precursor is mefp-1. Study of crosslinks of diDOPA in byssus have brought up questions about the relationship they have to mefp1.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00062960
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 36
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Biochemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.66471302