Silks are natural polymers that have been widely used for centuries. Silk consists of a
filament core protein, termed fibroin, and a glue-like coating substance formed of sericin …

Organisms develop unique systems in a given environment. In the process of adaptation,
they employ materials in a clever way, which has inspired mankind extensively …

Approaches for studying the evolution of globular proteins are now well established yet are
unsuitable for disordered sequences. Our understanding of the evolution of proteins …

For thousands of years,'silk'and silk-based materials have played an important role for
mankind. Today, silk-based materials increasingly find use in novel application areas such …

Sequence-definable polymers are seen as a prerequisite for design of future materials, with
many polymer scientists regarding such polymers as the holy grail of polymer science …

In this work we investigate the use of coiled-coil silk proteins, produced in recombinant
Escherichia coli, as a new material for immobilizing biosensors. Myoglobin was embedded …

Rational design of fundamentally new advanced materials would be facilitated by availability
of polymers with controlled monomer sequence. Recombinant proteins offer polymers with …

Recombinant proteins are polymers that offer the materials engineer absolute control over
chain length and composition: key attributes required for design of advanced polymeric …

Viruses are important for a range of modern day applications. However, their utility is limited
by their susceptibility to temperature degradation. In this study, we report a simple system to …

To achieve the sophisticated chemistry required for life, nature uses metal containing
proteins (metalloproteins). However, despite intensive research efforts, very few of these …