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Towards Extraction of Proteins from the Shells of Dreissena polymorpha
Author(s) -
Junaidi Nabil,
Grant Jennifer E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.471.9
Subject(s) - dreissena , zebra mussel , biology , ecology , mussel , invasive species , bivalvia , mollusca
The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha , is one of the most invasive aquatic species of Midwest United States. Its biogeochemical impact on American waters is regarded as a quintessential example of a difficult and current ecological problem, since there does not exist a working management scheme to control its biofouling and parasitic effects. Yet, the untapped proteomic diversity of aquatic species, especially freshwater mollusks, leave the zebra mussel as an attractive resource for the large‐scale screening of peptides that may confer selective advantages to its life cycle, such as antibiotic resistance. The first step along this pathway is to optimize procedures for extracting functional peptides from zebra mussel shells. Here we discuss basic research aimed at identifying successful extraction of proteins using detergent‐based strategies. This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2019 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal .