Schlagwort(e):
Elastin.
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Electronic books.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Elastic proteins occur in a diverse range of biological systems, including mammalian muscles and connective tissues, arthropods (insects and spiders), molluscs and wheat grain. The structures and elastomeric mechanisms of these proteins are compared in relation to their biological roles and potential for exploitation.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (409 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780511204586
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=217999
DDC:
572/.6
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Elastomeric Proteins -- ONE Functions of Elastomeric Proteins in Animals -- INTRODUCTION -- POWER AMPLIFIERS -- ENERGY STORES FOR RUNNING -- ENERGY STORES IN FLIGHT AND SWIMMING -- RETURN SPRINGS -- SMOOTHING FLOW -- CUSHIONING IMPACTS -- FORCE CONTROL -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- TWO Elastic Proteins: Biological Roles and Mechanical Properties -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL PROPERTIES -- THE FUNCTIONAL DESIGN OF RUBBER-LIKE PROTEINS -- THE FUNCTIONAL DESIGN OF COLLAGEN -- THE FUNCTIONAL DESIGN OF MUSSEL BYSSAL FIBRES -- THE FUNCTIONAL DESIGN OF SPIDER SILKS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THREE Elastin as a Self-Assembling Biomaterial -- INTRODUCTION -- TROPOELASTIN -- IN VIVO ASSEMBLY AND CROSS-LINKING -- SELF-AGGREGATION OF ELASTIN -- SELF-ASSEMBLY OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN ELASTIN POLYPEPTIDES -- AGGREGATION AS AN ORDERING PROCESS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FOUR Ideal Protein Elasticity: The Elastin Models -- INTRODUCTION -- Definition of Ideal or Perfect Elasticity -- Delineation of Internal Energy and Entropy Components of Elastomeric Force -- Basic Statistical Mechanical Expression for Entropy -- The Boltzmann Relation -- Fundamental Expression for the Change in Entropy on Extension -- Historical Notes of Proposed Mechanisms for Protein Entropic Elasticity -- Classical (Random Chain Network) Theory of Rubber Elasticity -- Decrease in Solvent Entropy on Extension -- Damping of Internal Chain Dynamics on Extension -- Inverse Temperature Transition Behaviour of Elastin and Its Models -- Increase in Order with an Increase in Temperature -- Composition of Poly(GVGVP) in Water as a Function of Temperature -- A Structured State at Intermediate Temperatures for Elastin-Based Systems -- MATERIALS -- Preparation of Elastin Models.
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Synthesis of Model Systems -- Preparation of Natural Materials -- Purification Using Phase Transitional Behaviour -- Cross-Linking of Elastin Models -- General Cross-Linking Procedure -- Efforts to Cross-Link Alpha-Elastin -- Efforts to Cross-Link Heat-Denatured Poly(GVGVP) -- SPECIALIZED METHODOLOGIES AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS -- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in the Force-Extension Mode -- Preparation of the Sample for AFM -- The AFM Instrument -- Obtaining the Single-Chain Force-Extension Curve -- Analysis of the Results -- Comparison of AFM Single-Chain and Macroscopic Elastic Moduli -- The Acoustic Absorption Experiment -- Sample Preparation and Experimental Set-up -- Comparison of the Acoustic Absorptions of (GVGIP) and Natural Rubber -- Dielectric Relaxation Studies on Elastin-Related Systems -- Dielectric Relaxation and Acoustic Absorption Data for (GVGIP) Over the Frequency Range, 0.1 to 100 kHz -- Related Dielectric Relaxation (Mechanical Resonance) Near 5 MHz for Poly(GVGIP) -- Comparison of Poly(GVGVP) and Alpha-Elastin -- Comparison of Cross-Linked Poly(GVGVP) to Fibrous Elastin -- DISCUSSION -- Relevance of Proposed Mechanisms for Protein Entropic (Ideal) Elasticity -- The Flory Random Chain Network Theory of Entropic Elasticity? -- Solvent Entropy Changes as a Source of Entropic Elastic Force? -- Entropic Elasticity Due to Damping of Internal Chain Dynamic on Extension -- Dependence of Entropy and Structural Free Energy on Oscillator Frequency -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FIVE Fibrillin: From Microfibril Assembly to Biomechanical Function -- INTRODUCTION -- MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY -- FIBRILLIN MOLECULE ALIGNMENT IN MICROFIBRILS -- NEW MODEL OF FIBRILLIN ALIGNMENT IN EXTENSIBLE MICROFIBRILS -- Untensioned Microfibrils -- Extended Microfibrils -- Molecular Alignment and Reversible Extensibility.
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Number of Fibrillin Molecules in Cross-Section -- Microfibril Bundle Extensibility and Organisation -- SUMMARY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SIX Spinning an Elastic Ribbon of Spider Silk -- INTRODUCTION -- EXAMINATION OF SILKS AND SPIDERS -- Structure of the Retreat and Silk Ribbons -- Gross Morphology of Major Ampullate Gland and Duct -- Morphology of the Major Ampullate Spigot -- Ultrastructure of the Major Ampullate Gland -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SEVEN Sequences, Structures, and Properties of Spider Silks -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SPIDER SILK PRODUCTION -- MECHANICAL PROPERTIES -- PROTEIN SEQUENCES -- BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES -- STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- EIGHT The Nature of Some Spiders' Silks -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NATURAL ROLE OF SPIDER SILK -- THE ORB WEB AND ITS TWO MAJOR SILKS -- THREADS OF THE GARDEN SPIDER'S ORB -- WATER PLASTICISATION -- SPINNING -- THE ROLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR MECHANICS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NINE Collagen: Hierarchical Structure and Viscoelastic Properties of Tendon -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFORMATION MECHANISMS OF COLLAGEN FIBRILS -- DEFORMATION MECHANISMS OF WHOLE TENDONS -- In Situ Tensile Testing and X-ray Diffraction with Synchrotron Radiation -- Results from In Situ Experiments -- VISCOELASTIC MODEL FOR TENDON ELONGATION -- REFERENCES -- TEN Collagens with Elastin-and Silk-like Domains -- INTRODUCTION -- SHOCK-ABSORBING TETHERS -- INCREMENTAL MODULUS -- PROTEINS IN BYSSAL THREADS -- Composition -- Byssal Proteins -- Collagen Domains and Sequence Transitions -- IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEIN GRADIENTS -- ASSEMBLY AND CROSS-LINKING -- Cross-bridging Interactions -- Axial Sequence -- Register and Density -- MECHANICAL MODELS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.
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ELEVEN Conformational Compliance of Spectrins in Membrane Deformation, Morphogenesis, and Signalling -- INTRODUCTION -- TARGETING SPECTRIN TO THE MEMBRANE -- N-terminal Actin-Binding Domain -- Central Spectrin Repeat Region -- Ankyrin -- Ankyrin-Independent Membrane Association -- Spectrin C-terminus -- ROLES OF THE SPECTRIN-BASED MEMBRANE SKELETON -- THE SPECTRIN REPEAT -- SPECTRIN'S CONFORMATIONAL COMPLIANCE IN ISOLATION -- SPECTRIN EXTENSIBILITY AT THE RED CELL MEMBRANE -- THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS AND THEIR DEFORMATION ENHANCEMENT -- OTHER SPECTRIN NETWORKS -- The Terminal Web -- The Apical Contractile Ring -- The Outer Hair Cell Lateral Membrane -- Platelet Plasma Membrane -- PERSPECTIVE -- REFERENCES -- TWELVE Giant Protein Titin: Structural and Functional Aspects -- INTRODUCTION -- A-Band Titin and the Structure of Thick Filament -- I-Band Titin and Mechanism of Muscle Elasticity -- Titin Extensibility In Vitro -- Comparison of In Vitro and In Situ Titin Extensibilty -- Titin in Muscle Regulation -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THIRTEEN Structure and Function of Resilin -- INTRODUCTION -- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RESILIN -- RESILIN CROSS-LINKS -- DEFINING RESILIN -- OCCURRENCE OF RESILIN -- A RESILIN GENE -- THE MOLECULAR BASIS FOR RESILIN ELASTICITY -- BIOSYNTHESIS OF RESILIN -- RESILIN COMPARED WITH OTHER CUTICULAR PROTEINS -- SOME PROBLEMS FOR THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- FOURTEEN Gluten, the Elastomeric Protein of Wheat Seeds -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ORIGIN OF THE WHEAT GLUTEN NETWORK -- WHEAT GLUTEN PROTEINS -- THE HMW GLUTENIN SUBUNITS -- SEQUENCES OF THE REPETITIVE DOMAINS -- STRUCTURE OF THE HMW SUBUNIT REPETITIVE DOMAIN -- SEQUENCES AND STRUCTURES OF THE NON-REPETITIVE DOMAINS -- HMW SUBUNIT STRUCTURE AND GLUTEN ELASTICITY -- MANIPULATION OF HMW SUBUNIT COMPOSITION IN TRANSGENIC WHEAT -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES.
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FIFTEEN Biological Liquid Crystal Elastomers -- INTRODUCTION -- EVIDENCE THAT FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS ARE LLCEs -- Liquid Crystalline Structure -- Liquid Crystalline Assembly -- Elastomeric Properties -- EVIDENCE THAT ORB WEB SPIDER DRAGLINE SILKS ARE LLCEs -- Liquid Crystalline Structure -- Liquid Crystalline Assembly -- Elastomeric Properties -- DISCUSSION -- Assembly of Spider Silk -- Tensile Properties -- Production of Biomimetic Materials -- Exotic Properties -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SIXTEEN Restraining Cross-Links in Elastomeric Proteins -- INTRODUCTION -- COVALENT CROSS-LINKS -- Peroxidase-Induced Di-tyrosine Cross-links -- Resilin -- Abductin -- Lysyl Aldehyde-Derived Cross-links -- Elastin -- Collagen -- Lamprey Cartilage -- Transglutaminase-Derived Cross-links -- Fibrillin -- Disulphide Cross-links -- Gluten -- Catechol Oxidase-Quinones -- Byssus Threads -- NON-COVALENT CROSS-LINKS -- Co-ordinate Metal-Ion Complexes -- Byssus Threads -- Hydrophobic Bond Cross-links -- Silks -- Hydrogen Bond Cross-links -- Gluten -- Silk -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- SEVENTEEN Comparative Structures and Properties of Elastic Proteins -- INTRODUCTION -- SEQUENCES OF ELASTOMERIC PROTEINS -- STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF ELASTOMERIC PROTEINS -- ELASTIC MECHANISM AND FUNCTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- EIGHTEEN Mechanical Applications of Elastomeric Proteins-A Biomimetic Approach -- INTRODUCTION -- PROTEINS IN CERAMICS -- FIBROUS COMPOSITES -- MECHANICAL PROPERTIES -- USE OF PROTEINS IN MACROSTRUCTURES -- REFERENCES -- NINETEEN Biomimetics of Elastomeric Proteins in Medicine -- INTRODUCTION -- ELASTIN -- SILKS -- COLLAGEN -- BRANCHED TRIPLE HELICAL PEPTIDES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Index.
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