Emergence of Elastic Properties in a Minimalist Resilin-Derived Heptapeptide upon Bromination
Andrea Pizzi, Lorenzo Sori, Claudia Pigliacelli, Alfonso Gautieri, Clara Andolina, Greta Bergamaschi, Alessandro Gori, Pierre Panine, Antonio Mattia Grande, Markus B. Linder, Francesca Baldelli Bombelli, Monica Soncini, Pierangelo Metrangolo
Small 2022, 2200807
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202200807
Bromination promotes the emergence of elastic behavior in a short peptide—SDSYGAP—derived from resilin, a rubber-like protein exerting its role in the jumping and flight systems of insects.