Isolation and identification of chitin in the black coral Parantipathes larix (Anthozoa: Cnidaria).

Abstract:

:Until now, there is a lack of knowledge about the presence of chitin in numerous representatives of corals (Cnidaria). However, investigations concerning the chitin-based skeletal organization in different coral taxa are significant from biochemical, structural, developmental, ecological and evolutionary points of view. In this paper, we present a thorough screening for the presence of chitin within the skeletal formations of a poorly investigated Mediterranean black coral, Parantipathes larix (Esper, 1792), as a typical representative of the Schizopathidae family. Using a wide array variety of techniques ((13)C solid state NMR, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Raman, NEXAFS, Morgan-Elson assay and Calcofluor White Staining), we unambiguously show for the first time that chitin is an important component within the skeletal stalks as well as pinnules of this coral.

journal_name

Int J Biol Macromol

authors

Bo M,Bavestrello G,Kurek D,Paasch S,Brunner E,Born R,Galli R,Stelling AL,Sivkov VN,Petrova OV,Vyalikh D,Kummer K,Molodtsov SL,Nowak D,Nowak J,Ehrlich H

doi

10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.04.016

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-07-01 00:00:00

pages

129-37

issue

1-2

eissn

0141-8130

issn

1879-0003

pii

S0141-8130(12)00147-X

journal_volume

51

pub_type

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