Publications

molecular diversity of marine glues: polyphenolic proteins from five mussel species.	adhesive polyphenolic proteins have been purified and characterized from the feet of five marine mussels (brachidontes exustus, modiolus modiolus squamosus, mytella guyanensis, septifer bifurcatus, and trichomya hirsuta). all five proteins contain high levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa), lysine, glycine, and serine or threonine. all but b. exustus also contain high levels (> or = 10%) of proline or 4-hydroxyproline. the polyphenolic proteins of all the mussels have repeated sequences of ...	1991	1845474
cement precursor proteins of the reef-building polychaete phragmatopoma californica (fewkes).	two distinctive 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-l-alanine-(dopa-) containing proteins (pc-1 and pc-2) have been isolated and partially characterized from the thorax of the reef-building sabellariid phragmatopoma californica. they are the first such reported from the phylum annelida. the proteins are presumed to be soluble precursors of the quinone-tanned cement used to bind particulate materials in the construction of the tubes that serve as habitats for the worms. the proteins have apparent molecular weigh ...	1992	1610822