“BIOSILIFICATION in diatoms and sponges has been facilitated by small peptides – silafins and silicatein respectively at the molecular level. However, few other peptides such as frustulins and pleurolins have been identified to play a crucial role in the formation of biosilica. Silafins and silicateins isolated from diatoms cell wall and sponge spicules are demonstrated to induce in vitro formation of silica by hydrolyzing silicic acid or tetra ethoxy orthosilane.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022