Calcium carbonate biomineralization utilizing a multifunctional β-sheet peptide template

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Nov 4;49(85):9947-9. doi: 10.1039/c3cc44947e.

Abstract

We designed a novel multifunctional β-sheet peptide template for calcium carbonate mineralization. The template self-supplies the mineral source, a carbonate ion, by hydrolysis of urea, and regulates the crystal phase and morphology of the obtained calcium carbonate.

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Calcium Carbonate / chemistry*
  • Carbonic Anhydrases / chemistry
  • Crystallization
  • Hydrolysis
  • Ions
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Peptides / genetics
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary

Substances

  • Ions
  • Peptides
  • nacrein
  • Carbonic Anhydrases
  • Calcium Carbonate