Amyloid Assembly Endows Gad m 1 with Biomineralization Properties
Acid proteins capable of nucleating Ca2+ and displaying aggregation capacity play key roles in the formation of calcium carbonate biominerals. The helix-loop helix EF-hands are the most common Ca2+-binding motifs in proteins. Calcium is bound by the loop region. These motifs are found in many protei...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cd7df13ec9a9429c80ea95446eebee67 2023-05-15T15:27:30+02:00 Amyloid Assembly Endows Gad m 1 with Biomineralization Properties Milagros Castellanos Almudena Torres-Pardo Rosa Rodríguez-Pérez María Gasset 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/biom8010013 https://doaj.org/article/cd7df13ec9a9429c80ea95446eebee67 EN eng MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/8/1/13 https://doaj.org/toc/2218-273X 2218-273X doi:10.3390/biom8010013 https://doaj.org/article/cd7df13ec9a9429c80ea95446eebee67 Biomolecules, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 13 (2018) amyloids Gad m 1 EF-hand motif calcium carbonate precipitation calcite Microbiology QR1-502 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/biom8010013 2022-12-31T14:34:46Z Acid proteins capable of nucleating Ca2+ and displaying aggregation capacity play key roles in the formation of calcium carbonate biominerals. The helix-loop helix EF-hands are the most common Ca2+-binding motifs in proteins. Calcium is bound by the loop region. These motifs are found in many proteins that are regulated by calcium. Gad m 1, an Atlantic cod β-parvalbumin isoform, is a monomeric EF-hand protein that acts as a Ca2+ buffer in fish muscle; the neutral and acid apo-forms of this protein can form amyloids. Since Ca2+-nucleating proteins have a propensity to form extended β-strand structures, we wondered whether amyloid assemblies of an EF-hand protein were able to influence calcium carbonate crystallization in vitro. Here, we used the Gad m 1 chain as a model to generate monomeric and amyloid assemblies and to analyze their effect on calcite formation in vitro. We found that only amyloid assemblies alter calcite morphology. Article in Journal/Newspaper atlantic cod Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Biomolecules 8 1 13 |
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Acid proteins capable of nucleating Ca2+ and displaying aggregation capacity play key roles in the formation of calcium carbonate biominerals. The helix-loop helix EF-hands are the most common Ca2+-binding motifs in proteins. Calcium is bound by the loop region. These motifs are found in many proteins that are regulated by calcium. Gad m 1, an Atlantic cod β-parvalbumin isoform, is a monomeric EF-hand protein that acts as a Ca2+ buffer in fish muscle; the neutral and acid apo-forms of this protein can form amyloids. Since Ca2+-nucleating proteins have a propensity to form extended β-strand structures, we wondered whether amyloid assemblies of an EF-hand protein were able to influence calcium carbonate crystallization in vitro. Here, we used the Gad m 1 chain as a model to generate monomeric and amyloid assemblies and to analyze their effect on calcite formation in vitro. We found that only amyloid assemblies alter calcite morphology. |
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Milagros Castellanos Almudena Torres-Pardo Rosa Rodríguez-Pérez María Gasset |
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Milagros Castellanos Almudena Torres-Pardo Rosa Rodríguez-Pérez María Gasset |
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Amyloid Assembly Endows Gad m 1 with Biomineralization Properties |
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Amyloid Assembly Endows Gad m 1 with Biomineralization Properties |
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Amyloid Assembly Endows Gad m 1 with Biomineralization Properties |
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