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. 2023 Dec;17(2):249-255.
doi: 10.1007/s12104-023-10150-6. Epub 2023 Sep 5.

NMR assignment and dynamics of the dimeric form of soluble C-terminal domain major ampullate spidroin 2 from Latrodectus hesperus

Nur Alia Oktaviani  1 , Ali D Malay  2 , Mami Goto  2 , Toshio Nagashima  3 , Fumiaki Hayashi  3 , Keiji Numata  4   5   6
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NMR assignment and dynamics of the dimeric form of soluble C-terminal domain major ampullate spidroin 2 from Latrodectus hesperus

Nur Alia Oktaviani et al. Biomol NMR Assign. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

Spider dragline silk has attracted great interest due to its outstanding mechanical properties, which exceed those of man-made synthetic materials. Dragline silk, which is composed of at least major ampullate spider silk protein 1 and 2 (MaSp1 and MaSp2), contains a long repetitive domain flanked by N-terminal and C-terminal domains (NTD and CTD). Despite the small size of the CTD, this domain plays a crucial role as a molecular switch that regulates and directs spider silk self-assembly. In this study, we report the 1H, 13C, and 15N chemical shift assignments of the Latrodectus hesperus MaSp2 CTD in dimeric form at pH 7. Our solution NMR data demonstrated that this protein contains five helix regions connected by a flexible linker.

Keywords: C-terminal domain; Dimer; Major ampullate spidroin 2; Spider dragline silk.

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