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NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 197-199Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NCHEMBIO.532
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [17GS0311, 22248037, 22228006]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22228006, 22248037] Funding Source: KAKEN
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It has been thought that phosphorus in biominerals made of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) might be related to ACC formation, but no such phosphorus-containing compounds have ever been identified. Crustaceans use ACC biominerals in exoskeleton and gastroliths so that they will have easy access to calcium carbonate inside the body before and after molting. We have identified phosphoenolpyruvate and 3-phosphoglycerate, intermediates of the glycolytic pathway, in exoskeleton and gastroliths and found them important for stabilizing ACC.
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