期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041513
关键词
silkworm; spider; transgene; polyalanine; β -sheets; silk strength
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31772676]
- Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31702183]
By utilizing transgenic technology, the structures of exogenous protein molecules that can enhance the mechanical properties of silkworm silk were successfully constructed and shown to improve the quality of silk. Further research indicated that silk with more polyalanine motifs had higher fracture strength and Young's modulus, demonstrating the potential for improving mechanical properties of silk through genetic modification.
This paper explores the structures of exogenous protein molecules that can effectively improve the mechanical properties of silkworm silk. Several transgenic vectors fused with the silkworm fibroin light chain and type 3 repeats in different multiples of the ampullate dragline silk protein 1 (MaSp1) from black widow spider with different lengths of the polyalanine motifs were constructed for this study. Transgenic silkworms were successfully obtained by piggyBac-mediated microinjection. Molecular detection showed that foreign proteins were successfully secreted and contained within the cocoon shells. According to the prediction of PONDR(R) VSL2 and PONDR(R) VL-XT, the type 3 repeats and the polyalanine motif of the MaSp1 protein were amorphous. The results of FTIR analysis showed that the content of beta-sheets in the silk of transgenic silkworms engineered with transgenic vectors with additional polyalanine was significantly higher than that of wild-type silkworm silk. Additionally, silk with a higher beta-sheet content had better fracture strength and Young's modulus. The mechanical properties of silk with longer chains of exogenous proteins were improved. In general, our results provide theoretical guidance and technical support for the large-scale production of excellent bionic silk.
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