Genomics and transcriptomics of the green mussel explain the durability of its byssus

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 5992 - 11
• Main Authors: Inoue, Koji, Yoshioka, Yuki, Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Kinjo, Azusa, Sassa, Mieko, Ueda, Ikuo, Shinzato, Chuya, Toyoda, Atsushi, Itoh, Takehiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 16.03.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/443; 631/45; Animals; Computational Biology - methods; Gene Expression Profiling - methods; Gene Expression Regulation; Genome; Genomics - methods; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lectins; Lysozyme; Marine ecosystems; Molecular Sequence Annotation; Mollusks; multidisciplinary; Perna - classification; Perna - genetics; Perna - physiology; Phylogeny; Proteinase; Proteinase inhibitors; Proteins; Proteins - metabolism; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Structural proteins; Transcriptome

Mussels, which occupy important positions in marine ecosystems, attach tightly to underwater substrates using a proteinaceous holdfast known as the byssus, which is tough, durable, and resistant to enzymatic degradation. Although various byssal proteins have been identified, the mechanisms by which...