Table 1 Properties of resilin samples.

From: Mechanism of resilin elasticity

Protein/method (information)

TM-DSC ( Tg)* (°C)

RT-FTIR (structural transition)

RT-X-ray (phase transition)

Proposed function in resilin

Full resilin

201

Beta-turn

/

Reversible elastic transition

Exon I

171

Weak/no

/

Perfect elasticity (soft segment)

Exon III

190

Beta-turn

Periodic

Energy storage (hard segment)

  1. RT-FTIR; real-time Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; TM-DSC; temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry.
  2. *Data are for samples in the dry state.
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