摘要
How the silkworm spins out such an excellent silk fiber has been a hot topic. The issue here is to know how the coil chains in the gland of silkworm transform to β sheet in silk fiber. We used the regenerated silk fibroin to imitate the silk fibroin of the gland to investigate the effect of metal ion(Ca 2+ . Cu 2+ ) on the silk spinning process of Bombyx mori silkworm. The solutions or gel obtained from hte mixture of regenerated silk fibroin and metal ions were dried for mimicking the gradual loss of water in the spinning process. The 13 C NMR spectrum simulation for C β nucleus of alanine quantitatively demonstrated that the conformation of the regenerated silk fibroin is dominantly of silk Ⅰ, whereas the fibroin with metal ions has more silk Ⅱ conformation. Raman spectroscopies show the consistent results with that of NMR. The binding of metal ion with carbonyl and amide in protein backbone allows the protein chain to array regularly, therefore leading to the β sheet formation.
How the silkworm spins out such an excellent silk fiber has been a hot topic. The issue here is to know how the coil chains in the gland of silkworm transform to β sheet in silk fiber. We used the regenerated silk fibroin to imitate the silk fibroin of the gland to investigate the effect of metal ion(Ca 2+ . Cu 2+ ) on the silk spinning process of Bombyx mori silkworm. The solutions or gel obtained from hte mixture of regenerated silk fibroin and metal ions were dried for mimicking the gradual loss of water in the spinning process. The 13 C NMR spectrum simulation for C β nucleus of alanine quantitatively demonstrated that the conformation of the regenerated silk fibroin is dominantly of silk Ⅰ, whereas the fibroin with metal ions has more silk Ⅱ conformation. Raman spectroscopies show the consistent results with that of NMR. The binding of metal ion with carbonyl and amide in protein backbone allows the protein chain to array regularly, therefore leading to the β sheet formation.
出处
《高等学校化学学报》
SCIE
EI
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2001年第5期860-862,共3页
Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities
基金
国家自然科学基金! (批准号 :2 99740 0 4)
教育部青年骨干基金
上海市自然科学基金! (批准号 :99ZA14 0 0 1
波谱与原子分子物