Is there any material made up of proteins?

Answer

Hello Loes,

I don’t know what kind of material you mean: but silk (fabric of clothing) consists of protein from the cocoon of the silkworm carrier material for culturing skin (burn centers for skin grafting) and other tissue material from protein. Gelatin (known for the tasty soft sweets: mice, bears, noses, etc.) is also protein material (derived from lower bones). Spider web protein is also a protein that is being researched for all kinds of applications: it is stronger than steel (if you take the same diameter), but I don’t know whether this is already being used effectively. Will this suffice as an answer?

Greetings,

Myriam Mayers,

KULeuven, technology campus Diepenbeek, industrial sciences biochemistry