{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Agbaje OBA"],"funding":["Vetenskapsrådet","Northwest University","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Uppsala Universitet"],"pagination":["38456-38467"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9057340"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(63)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The shells of linguloid brachiopods such as <i>Lingula</i> and <i>Discinisca</i> are inorganic-organic nanocomposites with a mineral phase of calcium phosphate (Ca-phosphate). Collagen, the main extracellular matrix in Ca-phosphatic vertebrate skeletons, has not previously been clearly resolved at the molecular level in organophosphatic brachiopods. Here, modern and recently-alive linguliform brachiopod shells of <i>Lingula</i> and <i>Discinisca</i> have been studied by microRaman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission gun scanning electron microscopy, and thermal gravimetric analysis. For the first time, biomineralized collagen matrix and Ca-phosphate components were simultaneously identified, showing that the collagen matrix is an important moiety in organo"],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pubmed_title":["Characterization of organophosphatic brachiopod shells: spectroscopic assessment of collagen matrix and biomineral components."],"pmcid":["PMC9057340"],"funding_grant_id":["41890844","41720104002","2018-03390"],"pubmed_authors":["Agbaje OBA","Brock GA","Holmer LE","Zhang Z","George SC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Characterization of organophosphatic brachiopod shells: spectroscopic assessment of collagen matrix and biomineral components.","description":"The shells of linguloid brachiopods such as <i>Lingula</i> and <i>Discinisca</i> are inorganic-organic nanocomposites with a mineral phase of calcium phosphate (Ca-phosphate). Collagen, the main extracellular matrix in Ca-phosphatic vertebrate skeletons, has not previously been clearly resolved at the molecular level in organophosphatic brachiopods. Here, modern and recently-alive linguliform brachiopod shells of <i>Lingula</i> and <i>Discinisca</i> have been studied by microRaman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission gun scanning electron microscopy, and thermal gravimetric analysis. For the first time, biomineralized collagen matrix and Ca-phosphate components were simultaneously identified, showing that the collagen matrix is an important moiety in organo","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Oct","modification":"2025-04-26T04:39:49.945Z","creation":"2025-04-06T11:12:59.927Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9057340","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35517531"],"doi":["10.1039/d0ra07523j"]}}