Discovery of mammalian collagens I and III within ancient poriferan biopolymer spongin

Discovery of mammalian collagens I and III within ancient poriferan biopolymer spongin

Abstract Spongin is a fundamental biopolymer that has played a crucial role in the skeletogenesis of keratosan sponges for over 800 million years. This biomaterial had so far remained chemically unidentified and believed to be an enigmatic type of halogenated collagen-keratin-based bioelastomer. Her...

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Main Authors: Hermann Ehrlich, Ivan Miksik, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, Paul Simon, Filip Porzucek, Jakub Dalibor Rybka, Monika Mankowska, Roberta Galli, Christine Viehweger, Erica Brendler, Alona Voronkina, Martyna Pajewska-Szmyt, Aleksei Tabachnik, Konstantin R. Tabachnick, Carla Vogt, Marcin Wysokowski, Teofil Jesionowski, Tomasz Buchwald, Miroslaw Szybowicz, Kinga Skieresz-Szewczyk, Hanna Jackowiak, Alexander Ereskovsky, Amadeus C. S. de Alcântara, Alberto M. dos Santos, Clauber H. S. da Costa, Sofia E. Arevalo, Munir S. Skaf, Markus J. Buehler
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57460-y
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