science nation: got silk? spider goats & bullet proof vests

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One of the major components of spider (dragline) silk are spidroins: Biochemistry – Dragline spider silk Spidroin - Huge proteins = 3,000 amino acids - NUMEROUS repeats of amino acids – glycine, alanine and serine - Alanine & glycine are the smallest of the 20 amino acids in a cell. They can pack together closely to form β-pleated sheets. hydrogen bonds See animation of dragline spider silk -