Proton pumping accompanies calcification in foraminifera

Takashi Toyofuku; Miki Y. Matsuo; Lennart Jan de Nooijer; Yukiko Nagai; Sachiko Kawada; Kazuhiko Fujita; Gert-Jan Reichart; Hidetaka Nomaki; Masashi Tsuchiya; Hide Sakaguchi; Hiroshi Kitazato

doi:10.1038/ncomms14145

Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Proton pumping accompanies calcification in foraminifera

Takashi Toyofuku,
Miki Y. Matsuo,
Lennart Jan de Nooijer,
Yukiko Nagai,
Sachiko Kawada,
Kazuhiko Fujita,
Gert-Jan Reichart,
Hidetaka Nomaki,
Masashi Tsuchiya,
Hide Sakaguchi,
Hiroshi Kitazato

Affiliations

Takashi Toyofuku: Department of Marine Biodiversity Research (B-DIVE), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Miki Y. Matsuo: Department of Mathematical Science and Advanced Technology (MAT), Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences (YES), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Lennart Jan de Nooijer: Department of Ocean Systems, NIOZ-Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University
Yukiko Nagai: Department of Marine Biodiversity Research (B-DIVE), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Sachiko Kawada: Department of Marine Biodiversity Research (B-DIVE), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Kazuhiko Fujita: Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus
Gert-Jan Reichart: Department of Ocean Systems, NIOZ-Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University
Hidetaka Nomaki: Department of Biogeochemistry, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Masashi Tsuchiya: Department of Marine Biodiversity Research (B-DIVE), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Hide Sakaguchi: Department of Mathematical Science and Advanced Technology (MAT), Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences (YES), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Hiroshi Kitazato: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14145
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Despite their role in oceanic CaCO3production, the physiological processes responsible for calcification in foraminifera are poorly understood Here, the authors show that calcification is driven by rapid transformation of bicarbonate to carbonate inside the cytoplasm, achieved by active outward proton pumping.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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