Flagelliform silk

Hayashi, C. Y., and Lewis, R. V. (1998). Evidence from flagelliform silk cDNA for the structural basis of elasticity and modular nature of spider silks. J. Mol. Biol. 275, 773-784. 

Lewis, 1998). The flagelliform silk contains much more GPGGX/GPGQQ than dragline silk, so it is surprisingly elastic (Table 2). 

Zhou, Y. Wu, S. Conticello, V.P. Genetically directed synthesis and spectroscopic analysis of a protein polymer derived from a flagelliform silk sequence. Biomacromolecules 2 11K115 (2001). Zurovec, M. Sehnal, F. Unique molecular architecture of silk fibroin in the waxmoth. Galleria mellonella. J. Biol Chem. 111. 22639-22647 (2002). 

Hayashi, C.Y. Lewis, R.V. Spider flagelliform silk lessons in protein design, gene structure, and molecular evolution. Bioessays 23 750-756 (2001). 

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