論文

国際誌
2020年10月1日

Characterization of the chalky layer-derived EGF-like domain-containing protein (CgELC) in the pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas.

Journal of structural biology
  • Shihori Iwamoto
  • ,
  • Keisuke Shimizu
  • ,
  • Lumi Negishi
  • ,
  • Nobuo Suzuki
  • ,
  • Koji Nagata
  • ,
  • Michio Suzuki

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開始ページ
107594
終了ページ
107594
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107594

The shells of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas contain calcite crystals with three types of microstructures: prismatic, chalky, and foliated layers. Many shell matrix proteins were annotated from the shells of C. gigas; however, it is unclear which SMPs play important roles in their shell mineralization. The matrix proteins have never been reported from the chalky layer. In this study, we identified a chalky layer-derived EGF-like domain-containing protein (CgELC) from the chalky layer of C. gigas shells. The gene sequence of the CgELC was encoded under CGI_ 10,017,544 of the C. gigas genome database. Only peptide fragments in the N-terminal region of CGI_ 10,017,544 were detected by LC-MS/MS analyses, suggesting that CGI_ 10,017,544 was digested at the predicted protease digestion dibasic site by post-translational modification to become a mature CgELC protein. We produced three types of CgELC recombinant proteins, namely, the full length CgELC, as well as the N-terminal and C-terminal parts of CgELC (CgELC-N or -C, respectively), for in vitro crystallization experiments. In the presence of these recombinant proteins, the aggregation of polycrystalline calcite was observed. Some fibrous organic components seemed to be incorporated into the calcite crystals in the presence of the r-CgELC protein. We also noted different features in the crystallization between CgELC-N and CgELC-C; some crystals were inhibited crystal plane formation and contained many columnar prisms inside the crystals (CgELC-N) and formed numerous holes on their surfaces (CgELC-C). These results suggest that CgELC is involved in crystal aggregation and incorporated into calcite crystals.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107594
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32736075
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107594
  • PubMed ID : 32736075

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