resilin
Sign in to savethumb|Beating of the maxillipeds of the crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus captured at a frame rate of 1000 Hz
Key facts
- Nonhuman protein.UniProt
- Q9V7U0
- Nonhuman protein.Organism
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Nonhuman protein.Name
- Pro-resilin
- Nonhuman protein.Symbol
- resilin
- Nonhuman protein.AltSymbols
- CG15920
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Occurrence
- Composition of resilin
- Amino acid constituents
- Protein sequence
- Secondary structure
- Hierarchical structure
- Tyrosine residues in resilin
- Properties
- Recombinant resilin
- Initial studies
- Fluorescence of recombinant resilin
- Resilience
- Clinical applications
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Beating of the maxillipeds of the crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus captured at a frame rate of 1000 Hz
Resilin is an elastomeric protein found in many insects and other arthropods. It provides soft rubber-elasticity to mechanically active organs and tissue; for example, it enables insects of many species to jump or pivot their wings efficiently. Resilin was first discovered by Torkel Weis-Fogh in locust wing-hinges.