Fibrous Proteins

by Thomas Scheibel

Overview

Fibrous Proteins will give an overview over some of the most important fibrous proteins including amyloids, collagens, fibrin, flagella, intermediate filaments, microtubules, silks concerning structure and function and possible applications as biomaterials.While our knowledge on globular proteins has been increasing over the past decades, fibrillar

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040195352
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	10/21/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	27 MB
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About the Author

Thomas Scheibel is Professor for Biomaterials at the Faculty of Applied Science at the Universität Bayreuth, Germany. Main research interests include fibrous proteins such as spider silks and mussel collagens. He gained several prestigious awards including an “Innovation by Nature” award of the German M inistry of Science and Education in 2007. He is further one of 10 recipients of the 2006 innovation tribute of the Bavarian prime minister. He received his Diploma of biochemistry, Dr. rer. nat. from the Universität Regensburg, Germany and his Habilitation from the Technische Universität München, Germany.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Amyloid Fibrils Abnormal Protein Assembly 2. Vertebrate Collagens—Structures, Functions and Biomedical Applications 3. Short-Order Tendons: Liquid Crystal Mesophases, Metal- Complexation and Protein Gradients in the Externalized Collagens of Mussel Byssal Threads 4. The Formation of Fibrin Clots 5. Structure, Function and Assembly of Flagellar Axial Proteins 6. Keratin Intermediate Filaments: Similarities and Differences with Other Members of the IF Family 7. Tubulin and the Dynamic, Multifunctional Microtubules It Forms 8. Silks Produced by Insect Labial Glands 9. The Elaborate Structure of Spider Silk: Structure and Function of a Natural High Performance Fiber