The adhesive proteins secreted by mussels are the inspiration behind a ... and colleagues 4 showed the versatility of adsorbed DOPA on different surfaces — ranging from covalent crosslinks ...

Credit: Engin Akyurt/Unsplash Mussels owe their clinginess to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), a naturally occurring amino ...

A schematic diagram showing the novel role of mussel surface protein containing ... by inducing tautomer equilibrium shift to Dopa.