| abstract |
The invented natural biodegradable glues include sericin 2 silk protein and therefrom derived recombinant proteins containing at least three repeats of amino acid motifs of any of the following sequences: SERIC 1 : (DX 1 EKX 2 KX 3 NX 4 X 5 SPSX 6 X7, ) n , where n ≥3 and X 1 = S, T X 2 = A, V X 3 = P, H X 4 = D, G X 5 = R, S X 6 = Y, H, D X 7 = K, R SERIC 2: (X 1 X 2 X 3 KX 4 KX 5 X 6 X 7 X 8 SPX 9 X 10 X) n , where n ≥3 and X 1 = D, P; X 2 = S, T, Y; X 3 = E, Y, D; X 4 = A, V; X 5 = P, H X 6 = N, S, A; X 7 = G, D, Y, E; X 8 = R, S X 9 = S, A, K; X 10 = H, D, Y X 11 = K, R. |