Strategies for Making High-Performance Artificial Spider Silk Fibers.

ABSTRACT: Artificial spider silk is an attractive material for many technical applications since it is a biobased fiber that can be produced under ambient conditions but still outcompetes synthetic fibers (e.g., Kevlar) in terms of toughness. Industrial use of this material requires bulk-scale production of recombinant spider silk proteins in heterologous host and replication of the pristine fiber's mechanical properties. High molecular weight spider silk proteins can be spun into fibers with impressive mechanical properties, but the production levels are too low to allow commercialization of the material. Small spider silk proteins, on the other hand, can be produced at yields that are compatible with industrial use, but the mechanical properties of such fibers need to be improved. Here, the litera

SUBMITTER: Schmuck B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440630 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature