Hydrophilic Shell Matrix Proteins of Nautilus pompilius and the Identification of a Core Set of Conchiferan Domains

• Published in: Genes
• Main Authors: Davin H. E. Setiamarga, Kazuki Hirota, Masa-aki Yoshida, Yusuke Takeda, Keiji Kito, Makiko Ishikawa, Keisuke Shimizu, Yukinobu Isowa, Kazuho Ikeo, Takenori Sasaki, Kazuyoshi Endo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: biomineralization; multiomics; proteomics; shell evolution; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Genetics; QH426-470; Nautilus; Pacific; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12121925; https://doaj.org/article/c5cca66cae1b4db9944d3d031c3903d1

Despite being a member of the shelled mollusks (Conchiferans), most members of extant cephalopods have lost their external biomineralized shells, except for the basally diverging Nautilids. Here, we report the result of our study to identify major Shell Matrix Proteins and their domains in the Nauti...