18-10-2018 дата публикации
Номер: US20180298151A1
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The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for directed to synthetic block copolymer proteins, expression constructs for their secretion, recombinant microorganisms for their production, and synthetic fibers (including advantageously, microfibers) comprising these proteins that recapitulate many properties of natural silk. The recombinant microorganisms can be used for the commercial production of silk-like fibers. 1. A fiber spinning solution , comprisinga polypeptide, the polypeptide comprising from 2 to 8 concatenated repeats of a recombinant silk polypeptide or circularly permuted variants thereof, the polypeptide further comprising a FLAG tag; anda spinning solvent, wherein said polypeptide is dissolved in said spinning solvent.2. The fiber spinning solution of claim 1 , wherein said spinning solvent comprises formic acid.3. The fiber spinning solution of claim 1 , wherein said spinning solvent is formic acid.4. The fiber spinning solution of claim 1 , wherein said fiber spinning solution comprises from 20-30% of said polypeptide by weight.5. The fiber spinning solution of claim 1 , wherein the FLAG tag is on the C-terminal end of the polypeptide.6. The fiber spinning solution of claim 1 , wherein said FLAG tag is a 3×FLAG tag.7. The fiber spinning solution of claim 1 , wherein said FLAG tag is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising SEQ ID NO: 1409.8. The fiber spinning solution of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide comprises a property selected from the group consisting of an alanine composition from 12 to 40% claim 1 , a glycine composition from 25 to 50% claim 1 , a proline composition from 9 to 20% claim 1 , a β-turn composition from 15 to 37% claim 1 , a GPG amino acid motif content from 18 to 55% claim 1 , and a poly-alanine amino acid motif content from 9 to 35%.9. The fiber spinning solution of claim 1 , wherein said concatenated repeats comprise SEQ ID NO: 1396.10. A method of making a silk fiber claim 1 , comprising:{'claim-ref': {'@idref ...
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