Table 2 AA composition of non-mulberry (Saturniini and Attacini) as well as BM silks degummed with Na₂CO₃ (1 g L⁻¹) and ethylenediamine (2.5%) at 95 °C.

From: Degumming and characterization of Bombyx mori and non-mulberry silks from Saturniidae silkworms

Tribe	Genus	Species	Description (Supplier)	Sample ID	Comparative AA composition
Tribe	Genus	Species	Description (Supplier)	Sample ID	Ala + Gly [mol%]	Gly/Ala	100LC/SC^a)	P [mol%]^b)	NP [mol%]^c)	P/N^d)	Ser + Pro + Thr + Tyr [mol%]^e)	B/A^f)
Saturniini	Actias	Actias luna	America	AcL	64.8	0.8	36	16	84	0.2	15.0	1.1
	Actias	Actias selene	Thailand	AcS	62.9	0.9	27	23	77	0.3	23.9	1.1
	Argema	Argema mimosae	Kenya	ArM	58.7	0.9	53	18	82	0.2	15.1	1.9
	Antheraea	Antheraea pernyi	China	APe-1	75.7	0.7	27	12	88	0.1	9.4	0.8
		Antheraea pernyi	North Korea	APe-2	79.6	0.7	22	11	89	0.1	7.2	0.7
		Antheraea polyphemus	North USA	APo-1	74.6	0.7	27	14	86	0.2	11.2	0.8
		Antheraea polyphemus	North America	APo-2	75.7	0.8	26	13	88	0.1	10.8	1.0
		Antheraea mylitta	–	AM-1	77.4	0.8	19	14.1	85.9	0.2	12.6	0.9
			–	AM-2	77.6	0.7	23	12.4	87.6	0.1	9.2	0.8
			Tussar silk moth	AM-3	78.0	0.7	24	11.3	88.7	0.1	9.6	1.0
	Caligula	Caligula cachara	India	CC	66.7	0.7	34	17	83	0.2	12.6	1.7
	Cricula	Cricula trifenestrata	India	CrT	68.3	0.9	33	16	84	0.2	14.9	2.1
	Loepa	Loepa katinka	India	LK	70.0	0.7	37	13	87	0.1	13.3	1.8
	Saturnia	Saturnia pavonia	Europe	SaPa-1	68.1	0.9	34	16	84	0.2	11.6	1.6
		Saturnia pavonia	England	SaPa-2	63.7	1.0	41	20	80	0.2	13.5	0.9
		Saturnia pyri	France	SaPy-1	63.4	0.8	40	20	80	0.3	14.0	0.8
		Saturnia pyri	Europe	SaPy-2	62.7	0.8	38	22	78	0.3	14.4	0.7
Attacini	Attacus	Attacus atlas	Jonsdorf (butterfly house)	AtA	83.6	0.7	14	9.9	90.2	0.1	8.2	0.9
	Callosamia	Callosamia promethea	North America	CaP	76.7	0.8	27	11	89	0.1	9.6	1.4
	Epiphora	Epiphora bauhiniae	Kenya	EB	78.5	0.8	23	11	89	0.1	8.4	1.1
	Hyalophora	Hyalophora gloveri	America	HG	77.0	0.7	25	12	89	0.1	8.8	0.8
	Hyalophora	Hyalophora cecropia	America	HC	75.2	0.7	29	13	87	0.1	10.3	0.7
	Samia	Samia canningii (wild eri silk moth)	India	SCa	77.0	0.7	26	11	89	0.1	10.7	1.4
		Samia cynthia ricini	Thailand	SCy ricini	78.0	0.8	25	10	90	0.1	8.5	1.5
		Eri silk moth	–	S-1	78.1	0.9	25	10	90	0.1	7.3	1.1
		Eri silk moth	India	S-2	79.3	0.8	24	10	90	0.1	8.1	1.3
	Bombyx	Bombyx mori	Chinese web store	BM-1	80.2	1.7	17	12.2	87.9	0.1	9.1	0.4
			Halle (Saale)	BM-2	77.9	1.6	22	11.6	88.4	0.1	8.7	0.9
			China	BM-3	76.5	1.6	26	13.9	86.1	0.2	7.3	1.1

^aRatio between long chain (LC: other AAs) and short chain (SC: Ala, Gly, Ser, Thr) AAs; ^bPolar AAs: acidic, basic and hydroxyl AAs; ^cNon-polar AAs: other AAs; ^dRatio between polar and non-polar AA residues; ^eAAs with hydroxyl groups: Ser, Thr, Tyr; ^fRatio between basic (Lys, His) and acidic (Asx, Glx) AAs.

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Table 2 AA composition of non-mulberry (Saturniini and Attacini) as well as BM silks degummed with Na₂CO₃ (1 g L⁻¹) and ethylenediamine (2.5%) at 95 °C.

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