Project description:Black corals, ecologically important cnidarians found from shallow to deep ocean depths, form a strong yet flexible skeleton of sclerotized chitin and other biomolecules including proteins. The structure and mechanical properties of the chitin component of the skeleton have been well-characterized. However, the protein component has remained a mystery. Here we used liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to sequence proteins extracted from two species of common Red Sea black corals following either one or two cleaning steps. We detected hundreds of proteins between the two corals, nearly 70 of which are each others’ reciprocal best BLAST hit. Unlike stony corals, only a few of the detected proteins were moderately acidic (biased toward aspartic and/or glutamic acid residues) suggesting less of a role for these types of proteins in black coral skeleton formation as compared to stony corals. No distinct chitin binding domains were found in the proteins, but proteins annotated as having a role in protein and chitin modifications were detected. Our results support the integral role of proteins in black coral skeleton formation, structure, and function.

2022-06-05 | PXD032043 | Pride

Evolution of the human autopod skeleton [ATAC-seq]

Project description:We investigate the genetic architecture of autopod development at the regulatory and transcriptomic level.

2025-08-20 | GSE283854 | GEO

Ectomesenchymal Six1 controls mandibular skeleton formation.

Project description:Ectomesenchymal Six1 controls mandibular skeleton formation.

| PRJNA895339 | ENA

Evolution of the human autopod skeleton [Human RNA-seq]

Project description:We investigate the genetic architecture of autopod development at the regulatory and transcriptomic level.

2025-08-20 | GSE286924 | GEO

Evolution of the human autopod skeleton [RNA-seq]

Project description:We investigate the genetic architecture of autopod development at the regulatory and transcriptomic level.

2025-08-20 | GSE284187 | GEO

DNA-seq of budding yeast hybrid species isolated from the wild and from human-related environment to reconstruct the natural evolution of Saccharomyces spp. evolution, SYBARIS project

Project description:Genomic surveys of yeast hybrid species isolated from the wild and from human-related environment, aimed at the reconstruction of the natural evolution of Saccharomyces spp. evolution

2016-04-30 | E-SYBR-11 | biostudies-arrayexpress

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