Proteomic analysis of the organic matrix of the abalone Haliotis asinina calcified shell.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The formation of the molluscan shell is regulated to a large extent by a matrix of extracellular macromolecules that are secreted by the shell forming tissue, the mantle. This so called "calcifying matrix" is a complex mixture of proteins and glycoproteins that is assembled and occluded within the mineral phase during the calcification process. While the importance of the calcifying matrix to shell formation has long been appreciated, most of its protein components remain uncharacterised.

Results

Recent expressed sequence tag (EST) investigations of the mantle tissue from the tropical abalone (Haliotis asinina) provide an opportunity to further characterise the proteins in the shell by a proteomic approach. In this study, we have identified a total of 14 proteins

SUBMITTER: Marie B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2989941 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature