May 21, 2025
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A multi-kingdom genetic barcoding system for precise clone isolation
Author: Soh Ishiguro 1, Kana Ishida 2, Rina C. Sakata 1, Minori Ichiraku 3, Ren Takimoto 1, Rina Yogo 1, Yusuk […]
February 26, 2025
Direct and chemoselective transformation of cysteine to dehydroalanine on peptides
Author: Taiki Mori 1, Kazuki Sakatab 2 and Seiji Shirakawa 1* DOI: 10.1039/D5CC00156K 1. Institute of Integrat […]
November 19, 2024
Correlating Mechanical Properties and Sequence Motifs in Artificial Spider Silk by Targeted Motif Substitution
Author: Hiroyuki Nakamura¹ ² ³, Yusuke Ito³, Ryota Sato³, Hongfang Chi³, Chikako Sato³, Yasuha Watanabe¹, Kazu […]
May 22, 2024
Efficient synthetic methods for a,ß-dehydroamino acids as useful and environmentally benign building blocks in biological and materials science
Author:Taiki Mori1,Sao Sumida1,Kazuki Sakata2,Seiji Shirakawa1 DOI:10.1039/D4OB00507D 1. Institute of Integrat […]
April 27, 2023
Composition of Minor Ampullate Silk Makes Its Properties Different from Those of Major Ampullate Silk
Author:Hiroyuki Nakamura1,2,3, Nobuaki Kono1,2, Masaru Mori1, Hiroyasu Masunaga4, Keiji Numata1,5,6, Kazuharu […]
October 13, 2022
1000 spider silkomes: Linking sequences to silk physical properties
Author:Kazuharu Arakawa1,2,3,4*, Nobuaki Kono1,3, Ali D. Malay5, Ayaka Tateishi5,6, Nao Ifuku5, Hiroyasu Masun […]
August 1, 2022
The balance of crystalline and amorphous regions in the fibroin structure underpins the tensile strength of bagworm silk
Author:Nobuaki Kono1, Hiroyuki Nakamura2, Ayaka Tateishi3,4, Keiji Numata3,4, Kazuharu Arakawa1 DOI:10.1186/s4 […]
February 23, 2022
The solubility of N-acetyl amino acid amides in organic acid and alcohol solutions: Mechanistic insight into structural protein solubilization
Author:Atsushi Hirano1, Momoyo Wada1, Takehiro K.Sato2, Tomoshi Kameda3 DOI:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.141 1. […]
January 14, 2022
Presence of β-Turn Structure in Recombinant Spider Silk Dissolved in Formic Acid Revealed with NMR
Author:Yu Suzuki1,Takanori Higashi1,Takahiro Yamamoto1,Hideyasu Okamura1,Takehiro K. Sato2 and Tetsuo Asakura3 […]
December 22, 2021
Darwin’s bark spider shares a spidroin repertoire with Caerostris extrusa but achieves extraordinary silk toughness through gene expression
Author:Nobuaki Kono1,2, Rintaro Ohtoshi3, Ali D. Malay3, Masaru Mori1,2, Hiroyasu Masunaga4,5, Yuki Yoshida1,2 […]
December 10, 2021
Fuelling the future of sustainable sugar fermentation across generations
Author:David Lips DOI:10.1049/enb2.12017 Spiber Inc. From “Fuelling the future of sustainable sugar fermentati […]
September 20, 2021
Transcriptomic data during development of a two-spotted cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
Author:Nobuaki Kono 1,3, Hiroyuki Nakamura 4, Rintaro Ohtoshi 4, Kazuharu Arakawa 1,2,3∗ DOI:10.1016/j.dib.202 […]
September 19, 2021
The complete mitochondrial genome of Trichonephila clavipes (Araneae: Araneidae)
Author:Nobuaki Kono1, Hiroyuki Nakamura2 and Kazuharu Arakawa1 DOI:10.1080/23802359.2021.1974967 1. Institute […]
September 8, 2021
Practical considerations for delivering on the sustainability promise of fermentation-based biomanufacturing
Author: David Lips DOI:10.1042/ETLS20210129 Spiber Inc. AbstractIncreasingly, bio-based products made via suga […]
August 6, 2021
Multicomponent nature underlies the extraordinary mechanical properties of spider dragline silk
Authors: Nobuaki Kono1,2, Hiroyuki Nakamura3, Masaru Mori1,2, Yuki Yoshida1,2, Rintaro Ohtoshi4, Ali D. Malay4 […]
April 12, 2021
Xanthurenic Acid Is the Main Pigment of Trichonephila clavata Gold Dragline Silk
Authors: Masayuki Fujiwara1,2, Nobuaki Kono1,2, Akiyoshi Hirayama1,2, Ali D. Malay3, Hiroyuki Nakamura4, Rinta […]
January 8, 2021
Environmental biodegradability of recombinant structural protein
Authors: Yuya Tachibana1,2*, Sunita Darbe3, Senri Hayashi1, Alina Kudasheva3, Haruna Misawa1, Yuka Shibata1 &a […]
October 1, 2020
Aqueous spinning system with a citrate buffer for highly extensible silk fibers
Authors: Jianming Chen1, Yoshinori Ohta1,2, Hiroyuki Nakamura2, Hiroyasu Masunaga3, Keiji Numata1,4* DOI: 10.1 […]
September 24, 2020
Spidroin profiling of cribellate spiders provides insight into the evolution of spider prey capture strategies
Authors: Nobuaki Kono1*, Hiroyuki Nakamura2, Masaru Mori1, Masaru Tomita1& Kazuharu Arakawa1 DOI: 10.1038/ […]
August 14, 2019
Sequenceserver: a modern graphical user interface for custom BLAST databases
Authors: Anurag Priyam1, Ben J Woodcroft2, Vivek Rai3, Ismail Moghul1, Alekhya Munagala3, Filip Ter1, Hiten Ch […]
June 10, 2019
Orb-weaving spider Araneus ventricosus genome elucidates the spidroin gene catalogue
Authors: Nobuaki Kono1, Hiroyuki Nakamura2, Rintaro Ohtoshi2, Daniel A. Pedrazzoli Moran2, Asaka Shinoharai2, […]
April 29, 2019
The bagworm genome reveals a unique fibroin gene that provides high tensile strength
Nobuaki Kono1, Hiroyuki Nakamura2, Rintaro Ohtoshi2, Masaru Tomita1, Keiji Numata3 & Kazuharu Arakawa1 DOI […]
August 1, 2018
The complete mitochondrial genome of Eumeta variegata (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)
Authors: Kazuharu Arakawa1,2, Nobuaki Kono1, Rintaro Ohtoshi3, Hiroyuki Nakamura3, Masaru Tomita1,2 DOI: 10.10 […]
April 12, 2018
Stabilization of recombinant spider silk in thermo-oxidative degradation: High-throughput screening for antioxidants
Authors:Anh T.N. Dao1, Junichi Shimokata1,2, Kengo Takeuchi1,2, Koyuru Nakayama1, Toshiaki Taniike1 DOI: 10.10 […]
January 29, 2018
Reconstruction of cysteine biosynthesis using engineered cysteine-free enzymes
Authors: Kosuke Fujishima1,2,3,4, Kendrick M. Wang6, Jesse A. Palmer2, Nozomi Abe4, Kenji Nakahigashi4,5, Drew […]
October 13, 2017
NMR Investigation about Heterogeneous Structure and Dynamics of Recombinant Spider Silk in the Dry and Hydrated States
Authors:Yugo Tasei1, Akio Nishimura1, Yu Suzuki2, Takehiro K. Sato3, Junichi Sugahara3, and Tetsuo Asakura1 DO […]
August 12, 2017
Chemiluminescence from recombinant spider silk under thermo-oxidative degradation
Authors:Koyuru Nakayama1, Anh T.N. Dao1, Kengo Takeuchi1, 2, Junichi Shimokata1,2, Toshiaki Taniike1, DOI: 10. […]
January 2, 2017
Multilateral characterization of recombinant spider silk in thermal degradation
Authors: Anh T. N. Dao1, K. Nakayama1, J. Shimokata1,2 and T. Taniike1 DOI: 10.1039/C6PY01954D 1. School of Ma […]
February 2, 2016
Influence of Water Content on the β-Sheet Formation, Thermal Stability, Water Removal, and Mechanical Properties of Silk Materials
Authors:Kenjiro Yazawa1, Kana Ishida1,2, Hiroyasu Masunaga3,4, Takaaki Hikima4 and Keiji Numata1 DOI: 10.1021/ […]
November 12, 2015
Evaluation of the impact of RNA preservation methods of spiders for de novo transcriptome assembly
Authors:Nobuaki Kono1, Hiroyuki Nakamura2, Yusuke Ito2, Masaru Tomita1, Kazuharu Arakawa1 DOI: 10.1111/1755-09 […]
October 23, 2015
Crystal structure and physical properties of Antheraea yamamai silk fibers: Long poly(alanine) sequences are partially in the crystalline region
Authors:Keiji Numata1, Ryota Sato1,2, Kenjiro Yazawa1, Takaaki Hikima3, Hiroyasu Masunaga4 DOI: 10.1016/j.poly […]
June 30, 2015
Use of extension-deformation-based crystallisation of silk fibres to differentiate their functions in nature
Authors:Keiji Numata1, Hiroyasu Masunaga2, Takaaki Hikima3, Sono Sasaki3,4, Kazuhide Sekiyama5 and Masaki Taka […]