The cortical protein material (sericin) is readily dispersed by hot solutions of soap or mild alkali, while the protein material (fibroin) forming the core of the filament is insoluble in water ...
Devices were fabricated by simply mixing an organic indicator (phenol red), an enzyme (horseradish peroxidase) or a small protein (haemoglobin) into the water-based fibroin solution. The solution ...
A new filtration material might provide a nature-based solution to water contamination by PFAS chemicals. The material, based on natural silk and cellulose, can remove a wide variety of these 'forever ...
While several proteases are capable of degrading soluble silk fibroin proteins, certain spiders produce a digestive protease that can degrade solid major ampullate silk fibers in vitro. Because this ...