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 fi...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.展开更多
Vibrational spectroscopy(ATR-FTIR and Raman) was used to investigate the interaction and conformation transition in the blend films of silk fibroin(SF) and silk-protein like polymers(P1, P2) containing the oligopeptid...Vibrational spectroscopy(ATR-FTIR and Raman) was used to investigate the interaction and conformation transition in the blend films of silk fibroin(SF) and silk-protein like polymers(P1, P2) containing the oligopeptide segments[(Ala) 4, GlyAlaGlyAla] which derived from the crystal region of spider dragline silk and silkworm(Bombyx mori) silk. The results revealed that the intermolecular hydrogen-bond interaction, which was formed between the molecular chains of SF and the oligopeptide segments in P1 and P2, induced a partial random coil/α-helix conformation transfer to β-sheet conformation after blending. And β-sheet and random coil/α-helix conformation coexisted in the SF/P1 and SF/P2 blend films, while the predominant conformations in the pure SF and P1 films were random coil/α-helix. These conclusions would be significant for artificial spinning of the regenerated silk fibroin.展开更多
文摘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.
文摘Vibrational spectroscopy(ATR-FTIR and Raman) was used to investigate the interaction and conformation transition in the blend films of silk fibroin(SF) and silk-protein like polymers(P1, P2) containing the oligopeptide segments[(Ala) 4, GlyAlaGlyAla] which derived from the crystal region of spider dragline silk and silkworm(Bombyx mori) silk. The results revealed that the intermolecular hydrogen-bond interaction, which was formed between the molecular chains of SF and the oligopeptide segments in P1 and P2, induced a partial random coil/α-helix conformation transfer to β-sheet conformation after blending. And β-sheet and random coil/α-helix conformation coexisted in the SF/P1 and SF/P2 blend films, while the predominant conformations in the pure SF and P1 films were random coil/α-helix. These conclusions would be significant for artificial spinning of the regenerated silk fibroin.
