perlucin
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[edit]Noun
[edit]perlucin (countable and uncountable, plural perlucins)
- (biochemistry) A matrix protein, found in nacre, that nucleates growth of calcium carbonate crystals
- 2015 August 12, “A Novel Matrix Protein Hic31 from the Prismatic Layer of Hyriopsis Cumingii Displays a Collagen-Like Structure”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- A 48kDa protein was extracted from the pearl of H.cumingii, providing evidence of vaterite formation and the matrix protein perlucin is reported to be involved in H.cumingii nacre formation.