Peroxinectin catalyzed dityrosine crosslinking in the adhesive underwater silk of a casemaker caddisfly larvae, Hysperophylax occidentalis

Medicine & Life Sciences

• dityrosine 100%
• Silk 76%
• Larva 62%
• Adhesives 55%
• Superoxide Dismutase 24%
• Connectin 15%
• Heme 11%
• Peroxidase 10%
• Fibroins 7%
• Muscle Proteins 6%
• Proteins 5%
• Insecta 5%
• Proteome 5%
• Gene Expression Profiling 5%
• Reactive Oxygen Species 4%
• Water 3%
• Enzymes 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• Trichoptera 68%
• silk 60%
• crosslinking 55%
• adhesives 53%
• larvae 35%
• superoxide dismutase 23%
• peroxidase 9%
• silk glands 7%
• fibroins 7%
• muscle protein 6%
• aquatic environment 6%
• proteins 5%
• proteome 5%
• transcriptomics 5%
• reactive oxygen species 4%
• mechanical properties 4%
• enzyme activity 3%
• insects 3%
• water 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Dityrosine 89%
• Crosslinking 49%
• Superoxide 28%
• Protein 9%
• Adhesive Tape 8%
• Reactive Oxygen Metabolite 5%
• Heme 5%
• Peroxidase 5%
• Protective 4%
• Environment 3%
• Composite Material 2%