The Silk-Elastin-Like Polymers SELPs

The silk-like unit characterized by the sequence GAGAGS (G - glycine, A - T. -alanine and S - L-serine) is prevalent in silk fibroin from the silkworm Bombyx mori it assembles into packed antiparallel p-sheet structures stabilized by hydrogen bonding [42]. The elastin-like 

Amino acid sequence of interest inspired by Nature 

A monomer DNA segment is self-ligated without control over the gene length, composition and orientation. 

Code Schematic formulation Molecular Weight (kDa) References 

SELP-815K-MMPRS-6mer SEEP-815Kfused with a matrix-metallo-proteinase sensitive peptide sequence s69 [78] 

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This overview will mainly focus on those polymers found in natural structural proteins, particularly the silk-elastin-like polymers (SELPs) of recombinant DNA technology origin. 

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