Recent advances of shell matrix proteins and cellular orchestration in marine molluscan shell biomineralization

X Song, Z Liu, L Wang, L Song - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… of acidic proteins associated with calcite in molluscan shell. … of nacre lamellae by inhibiting
the growth of certain aragonite … that proteins extracted from the aragonitic- and calcitic- shell

A novel matrix protein PfX regulates shell ultrastructure by binding to specific calcium carbonate crystal faces

X Yang, D Yang, Y Yan, S Li, Z Han, Y Ji… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… matrix protein in shell biomineralization. Further, an in vitro crystallization assay showed that
PfX could alter the CaCO 3 morphologies of both calcite and aragonite … than isolated calcite …

Purification of Intramineral Peptides from Cuttlebones and In Vitro Activity in CaCO3 Biomineralization

G Mahadevan, RK Brahma, RM Kini, S Valiyaveettil - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
… In this study, we have extracted, purified, and characterized … , or other acidic macromolecules
facilitate and control the … The cuttlefish has an internal shell made of the aragonite

Organic matrix and secondary metabolites in Nacre

CJ De Muizon, D Iandolo, DK Nguyen… - Marine …, 2022 - Springer
calcium carbonate crystallization towards one of the possible polymorphs such as calcite,
aragonite, … nacre has improved and the biomineralization processes leading to the formation of …

The Study on Enzymes Related to Biomineralization of Pinctada fucata

R Zhang, L Xie, Z Yan, R Zhang, L Xie… - Biomineralization …, 2019 - Springer
… of the aragonite crystal and organic matrices. In order to study the role of CA in the
biomineralization of pearls, we isolated … Given the inhibitory activity of AcPase I on calcium

Silk-like protein with persistent radicals identified in oyster adhesive by solid-state NMR

KJ Fritzsching, P Duan, EM Alberts… - ACS applied bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
calcium carbonate in the shell and pseudonacre was mostly calcite, whereas cement had
an enhanced aragonite … dialysis membranes with a 6–8 kDa cutoff and subjected to dialysis …

Calcium carbonate skeletal material is synthesized via phase transition of the calcium carbonate cartilaginous material

T Iwatsubo, R Kishi, T Yamaguchi - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
… Here, we propose an artificial CC biomineralization system equivalent … comprises thick layers
of tablets that have an aragonite … sillafin-1 also has been isolated from the diatom biosilica. …

Biomacromolecules in bivalve shells with crossed lamellar architecture

OBA Agbaje, DE Thomas, JG Dominguez… - Journal of materials …, 2019 - Springer
biominerals play a crucial role in the nucleation and growth of the inorganic calcium carbonate
… 1b) consist of two thin aragonitic layers and whole shells were utilised in this study. To …

Fish otolith matrix macromolecule-64 (OMM-64) and its role in calcium carbonate biomineralization

M Poznar, J Stolarski, A Sikora, M Mazur… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… OMM-64 is a highly acidic protein. The content of Asp and Glu … However, isolating and
obtaining the homogeneous proteinsaragonite in the presence of the higher concentration of the …

Biomineralization of Carbonate Minerals Induced by The Moderate Halophile Staphylococcus Warneri YXY2

Y Han, B Sun, H Yan, ME Tucker, Y Zhao, J Zhou… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
… ratio significantly control calcium carbonate polymorphs has been … Some acidic
macromolecules extracted from living … In our study, amino acids are present within the biotic …