Full length resilin that is not in a cell is thought by some to form a tertiary structure of this form (picture attached)    The yellow portions represent exon 1 and the blue portions exon 3. These structures assemble into a kind of lattice or network.

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Full length resilin that is not in a cell is thought by some to form a tertiary structure of this form (picture attached) 

 

The yellow portions represent exon 1 and the blue portions exon 3. These structures assemble into a kind of lattice or network.  In full length resilin, stress in the form of mechanical pressure or heating to remove water results in a tighter network that excludes any water internally. 

 

How might this behavior of resilin produce its ‘elasticity’?  Explain how the looser water containing structure and the tighter water excluding structure may give us a mechanism for the elasticity. 

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