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Metal‐Mediated Cross‐Linking in the Generation of a Marine‐Mussel Adhesive
Author(s) -
Sever Mary J.,
Weisser Jaime T.,
Monahan Jennifer,
Srinivasan Shalini,
Wilker Jonathan J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200352759
Subject(s) - mussel , curing (chemistry) , adhesive , key (lock) , glue , metal , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer science , environmental chemistry , materials science , ecology , polymer chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , biology , layer (electronics)
Iron muscles into mussels : Marine mussels adhere to rocks with a protein‐based glue. An iron complex is the key curing agent in this adhesive, and the iron center is coordinated by three DOPA residues (see picture). These studies present the first identified case in which a transition‐metal center is integral to forming a noncrystalline biological material.