Sericin
Protein produced by silkworms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Ceresin.
Sericin is a protein created by Bombyx mori (silkworms) in the production of silk.[1] Silk is a fibre produced by the silkworm in production of its cocoon. It consists mainly of two proteins, fibroin and sericin. Silk consists of 70–80% fibroin and 20–30% sericin; fibroin being the structural center of the silk, and sericin being the gum coating the fibres and allowing them to stick to each other.[2]
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Organism | Bombyx mori | ||||||
Symbol | ser1 | ||||||
UniProt | P07856 | ||||||
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Organism | Bombyx mori | ||||||
Symbol | ser2 | ||||||
UniProt | D2WL77 | ||||||
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Organism | Bombyx mori | ||||||
Symbol | ser3 | ||||||
UniProt | A8CEQ1 | ||||||
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