Produce adhesive with blue mussel genes

There is a field of research in the field of engineering that aims to produce organic, non-toxic adhesives for wet surfaces.  This would be ...

There is a field of research in the field of engineering that aims to produce organic, non-toxic adhesives for wet surfaces.

 This would be of great benefit to the global economy, for example in the field of surgery, healthcare, where the wet internal organs of the human body often have to be supplied with adhesives, or it could also be of great use in gluing wood composites.

 One way to produce large amounts of organic, non-toxic adhesives that can be used on wet surfaces is to find natural animal or plant species in the wild that can synthesize such substances, identify the genes in these organisms that are responsible for producing such substances, and then transplant them.  these genes into animal species that, due to their physical structure, are able to produce larger amounts of these substances using the transplanted new genes.

 One species capable of producing an adhesive could be the blue mussel, which, with the help of Byssal yarns, which produce organic adhesive proteins, adheres to wet, solid surfaces in the wetlands it inhabits.

 The other species, which, due to its physique, is able to produce larger amounts of this adhesive by transplanting the blue mussel genes into the goat.  As we know the goat is a dairy mammal.  If the function of the glue-producing genes of the mussels implanted in the goat is coordinated with that of the goat's milk-producing genes, the goat will also be able to synthesize the mussel glue as a by-product of milk production, creating so-called milk bioreactors where the goat's milk also contains glue.

 So I would like to recommend the creation of transgenic organisms combining the genes of blue mussels and goats for the production of organic, non-toxic adhesives that also adhere to wet surfaces.

Literature used:

JOURNAL ARTICLE

In Situ Deactivation of Catechol‑Containing Adhesive Using Electrochemistry

ACS Publications

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