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SUBMITTER: Zhao H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2749108 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Hua H Sagert Jason J Hwang Dong Soo DS Waite J Herbert JH
The Journal of biological chemistry 20090707 35
The 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-l-alanine (Dopa)-containing proteins of mussel byssus play a critical role in wet adhesion and have inspired versatile new synthetic strategies for adhesives and coatings. Apparently, however, not all mussel adhesive proteins are beholden to Dopa chemistry. The cDNA-deduced sequence of Pvfp-1, a highly aromatic and redox active byssal coating protein in the green mussel Perna viridis, suggests that Dopa may be replaced by a post-translational modification of tryptophan. T ...[more]