title: Calcium carbonate biomineralization utilizing a multifunctional β-sheet peptide template.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555, Japan. higuchi.masahiro@nitech.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000737:chemistry; D003460:Crystallization; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007477:Ions; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D010455:Peptides; C101387:nacrein; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases; D002119:Calcium Carbonate