Characterization of Bacterionema matruchotii calcification nucleator.

ABSTRACT

The nucleator of Bacterionema matruchotii calcification was characterized. Parameters examined were proteolipid purity and singularity, amino acid composition and relative polarity, phospholipid composition, apoprotein homogeneity, essentiality of the complex for nucleation, and ordered structure. The data fulfill a requirement for comparisons among apatite-nucleating proteolipids.