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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: biomineralization; multiomics; proteomics; shell evolution; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Pacific; Nautilus; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12121925

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...