Cnidoin

Cnidoin is an elastic protein that some of cnidarians is formed (Cnidaria).

properties

Cnidoin occurs in cnidaria in the nettle capsules (nematocyst) and is involved in their discharge, which is one of the fastest movements in living things. Cnidoin has a homology to proteins from spider silk . Cnidoin accumulates to form fiber bundles.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d A. Beckmann, S. Xiao, JP Müller, D. Mercadante, T. Nüchter, N. Kröger, F. Langhojer, W. Petrich, TW Holstein, M. Benoit, F. Gräter, S. Özbek : A fast recoiling silk-like elastomer facilitates nanosecond nematocyst discharge. In: BMC biology. [Electronic publication before printing] Number 1, January 2015, ISSN 1741-7007 , doi : 10.1186 / s12915-014-0113-1 , PMID 25592740 .

[PMID_25592740-1] A. Beckmann, S. Xiao, JP Müller, D. Mercadante, T. Nüchter, N. Kröger, F. Langhojer, W. Petrich, TW Holstein, M. Benoit, F. Gräter, S. Özbek : A fast recoiling silk-like elastomer facilitates nanosecond nematocyst discharge. In: BMC biology. [Electronic publication before printing] Number 1, January 2015, ISSN 1741-7007 , doi : 10.1186 / s12915-014-0113-1 , PMID 25592740 .