Peptide-Based Materials Inspired by Naturally Occurring Structural Proteins

4 Peptide-Based Materials Inspired by Naturally Occurring Structural Proteins 

Peptide-based stmctural materials have often been designed by using consensus peptide sequences derived from naturally occurring structural proteins such as collagen, elastin, and silk as building blocks. Most of these building 

Another type of inportant structural ECM proteins, the elastin, is rich in elastic tissues and organs, such as the cardiovascular and pulmonary system and skin, and of extreme importance for their proper function. The precursors of native elastin, the tropoelastins, are composed of alternating hydrophobic domains, enabling hydrophobic interaction, and lysine-rich domains, allowing for covalent cross-linking through the mediation of the enzyme lysyl oxidase. 

Silk fibers have been used in textiles for more than 5000years and as a suturing material for many centuries. Naturally occurring silk proteins are derived from silkworms and spiders [57]. The repetitive and alternating hydrophobic and 

Spidroins as ablu rint for recombinant spider silk proteins 

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