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PT J
TI Chitin is a functional component of the larval adhesive of barnacles
BT 
AF Aldred, Nick
   CHAN, Bin San
   Emami, Kaveh
   Okano, Keiju
   Clare, Anthony S.
   Mount, Andrew S.
AS 1:1;2:2,3;3:4;4:5;5:1;6:2;
FF 1:;2:PDG-RBE-PFOM-LPI;3:;4:;5:;6:;
C1 School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
   Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
   Ifremer, Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes Marins UMR 6539 LEMAR (CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer), CS 10070, F-29280, Plouzane, France
   Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
   Department of Biotechnology, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
C2 UNIV NEWCASTLE, UK
   UNIV CLEMSON, USA
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV NEWCASTLE, UK
   UNIV AKITA PREFECTURAL, JAPAN
SI ARGENTON
SE PDG-RBE-PFOM-LPI
UM LEMAR
IN WOS Ifremer UMR
   DOAJ
   copubli-europe
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 6.548
TC 17
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71559/69979.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71559/69980.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71559/69981.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71559/69982.xlsx
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71559/69983.xlsx
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71559/69984.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71559/69985.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Barnacles are the only sessile crustaceans, and their larva, the cyprid, is supremely adapted for attachment to surfaces. Barnacles have a universal requirement for strong adhesion at the point of larval attachment. Selective pressure on the cyprid adhesive has been intense and led to evolution of a tenacious and versatile natural glue. Here we provide evidence that carbohydrate polymers in the form of chitin provide stability to the cyprid adhesive of Balanus amphitrite. Chitin was identified surrounding lipid-rich vesicles in the cyprid cement glands. The functional role of chitin was demonstrated via removal of freshly attached cyprids from surfaces using a chitinase. Proteomic analysis identified a single cement gland-specific protein via its association with chitin and localized this protein to the same vesicles. The role of chitin in cyprid adhesion raises intriguing questions about the evolution of barnacle adhesion, as well as providing a new target for antifouling technologies. 
PY 2020
PD JAN
SO Communications Biology
SN 2399-3642
PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC
VL 3
IS 1
UT 000510917400001
DI 10.1038/s42003-020-0751-5
ID 71559
ER

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