Different secretory repertoires control the biomineralization processes of prism and nacre deposition of the pearl oyster shell

Type Article
Date 2012-12
Language English
Author(s) Marie Benjamin1, 2, Joubert Caroline1, Tayale Alexandre1, Zanella-Cleon Isabelle3, Belliard Corinne1, Piquemal David4, Cochennec-Laureau NathalieORCID1, 5, Marin Frederic2, Gueguen YannickORCID1, Montagnani CarolineORCID1, 6
Affiliation(s) 1 : IFREMER, Ctr Ifremer Pacifique, Unite Mixte Rech Ecosyst Insulaires Oceaniens 241, Tahiti 98719, Taravao, Fr Polynesia.
2 : Univ Bourgogne, Ctr Natl Rech Sci, Unite Mixte Rech 6282, F-21000 Dijon, France.
3 : Ctr Commun Microanal Prot, Unite Mixte Serv 344, Unite Serv BioSci Gerland Lyon Sud 8, Inst Biol & Chim Prot, F-69007 Lyon, France.
4 : Skuldtech, F-34184 Montpellier, France.
5 : IFREMER, Stn Trinite Sur Mer, F-56470 La Trinite Sur Mer, France.
6 : Univ Montpellier 2, IFREMER, Unite Mixte Rech ECOl SYst Marins Cotiers 5119, F-34095 Montpellier, France.
Source Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (0027-8424) (Natl Acad Sciences), 2012-12 , Vol. 109 , N. 51 , P. 20986-20991
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1210552109
WOS© Times Cited 193
Keyword(s) mantle, mollusk shell matrix proteins, proteome, transcriptome, evolution
Abstract Mollusca evolutionary success can be attributed partly to their efficiency to sustain and protect their soft body with an external biomineralized structure, the shell. Current knowledge of the protein set responsible for the formation of the shell microstructural polymorphism and unique properties remains largely patchy. In Pinctada margaritifera and Pinctada maxima, we identified 80 shell matrix proteins, among which 66 are entirely unique. This is the only description of the whole "biomineralization toolkit" of the matrices that, at least in part, is thought to regulate the formation of the prismatic and nacreous shell layers in the pearl oysters. We unambiguously demonstrate that prisms and nacre are assembled from very different protein repertoires. This suggests that these layers do not derive from each other.
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Marie Benjamin, Joubert Caroline, Tayale Alexandre, Zanella-Cleon Isabelle, Belliard Corinne, Piquemal David, Cochennec-Laureau Nathalie, Marin Frederic, Gueguen Yannick, Montagnani Caroline (2012). Different secretory repertoires control the biomineralization processes of prism and nacre deposition of the pearl oyster shell. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 109(51), 20986-20991. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1210552109 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00118/22959/