Weiss, Ingrid M. and Schoenitzer, Veronika and Eichner, Norbert and Sumper, Manfred (2006) The chitin synthase involved in marine bivalve mollusk shell formation contains a myosin domain. FEBS LETTERS, 580 (7). pp. 1846-1852. ISSN 1873-3468,
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Chitin is a key component in mollusk nacre formation. However, the enzyme complex responsible for chitin deposition in the mollusk shell remained unknown. We cloned and characterized the chitin synthase of the marine bivalve mollusk Atrina rigida. We present here the first chitin synthase sequence from invertebrates containing an unconventional myosin motor head domain. We further show that a homologous gene for chitin synthase is expressed in the shell forming tissue of larval Mytilus galloprovincialis even in early embryonic stages. The new data presented here are the first clear-cut indication for a functional role of cytoskeletal forces in the precisely controlled mineral deposition process of mollusk shell biogenesis. (c) 2006 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MOTOR-LIKE DOMAIN; ORGANIC MATRIX; GENES; MORPHOGENESIS; DIFFRACTION; EXPRESSION; BIOLOGY; SEARCH; BLAST; YEAST; biomineralization; mollusk shell; chitin biosynthesis; mollusk larvae in situ hybridization |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Alumni or Retired > Prof. Dr. Manfred Sumper |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2021 12:31 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2021 12:31 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/34781 |
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