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  3. Functional analysis of the biomimetic silica precipitating activity of the R5 peptide from Cylindrotheca fusiformis

Functional analysis of the biomimetic silica precipitating activity of the R5 peptide from Cylindrotheca fusiformis

  • Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Dec 21:(24):3038-9. doi: 10.1039/b309074d.
Marc R Knecht 1,  David W Wright
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  • 1 Vanderbilt University, Department of Chemistry, Station B 351822, Nashville, TN 37235-1822, USA.
PMID: 14703846 DOI: 10.1039/b309074d
Abstract

A synthetic site-directed mutagenesis study of the non post-translationally modified silica precipitating R5 peptide reveals that the RRIL motif is critical in the formation of active silica precipitating assemblies.

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