Mean (±s.e.m.) percentages of various secondary structures of dragline silks produced by Nephila pilipes fed with different prey estimated by FTIR spectroscopy and results of MANOVA tests
| . | Side chain (1612.5±0.6 cm−1) . | β-sheet (1628.6±0.4 cm−1) . | Random coil/helix (1646.8±0.4 cm−1) . | β-turn (1663.5±0.2 cm−1) (1682.1±0.3 cm−1) . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | 15.3±0.8 | 32.2±0.4 | 25.9±0.5 | 26.6±0.5 |
| Fly | 17.9±1.2 | 33.5±0.4 | 25.0±0.5 | 23.7±0.9 |
| F | 3.14 | 4.47 | 1.40 | 8.44 |
| P | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.02 |
| . | Side chain (1612.5±0.6 cm−1) . | β-sheet (1628.6±0.4 cm−1) . | Random coil/helix (1646.8±0.4 cm−1) . | β-turn (1663.5±0.2 cm−1) (1682.1±0.3 cm−1) . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | 15.3±0.8 | 32.2±0.4 | 25.9±0.5 | 26.6±0.5 |
| Fly | 17.9±1.2 | 33.5±0.4 | 25.0±0.5 | 23.7±0.9 |
| F | 3.14 | 4.47 | 1.40 | 8.44 |
| P | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.02 |