title: Laser-Raman and FT-IR spectroscopic studies of peptide-analogues of silkmoth chorion protein segments.
abstract: Silkmoth chorion, the proteinaceous major component of the eggshell, with extraordinary mechanical and physiological properties, consists of a complex set of proteins, which have a tripartite structure: a central, evolutionarily conserved, domain and two more variable 'arms'. Peptide-analogues of silkmoth chorion protein central domain segments have been synthesized. Laser-Raman and infrared spectroscopic studies suggest the preponderance of antiparallel beta-pleated sheet structure for these peptides, both in solution and in the solid state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Benaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aggeli
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Chryssikos
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Yiannopoulos
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Kamitsos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brumley
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Case
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boden
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hamodrakas
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D002823:Chorion / Q000737:chemistry; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D007834:Lasers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments