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Thus, we hypothesize that other sequence features are responsible for nacre matrix protein\u2013protein assembly processes and ultimately aragonite biosynthesis.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: Of 39 mollusk aragonite-associated protein sequences, 100% contain at least one region of intrinsic disorder or unfolding, with the highest percentages found in framework and pearl-associated proteins relative to the intracrystalline proteins. In some instances, these intrinsically disordered regions were identified as bind\/fold sequences, and a limited number correlate with known biomineral-relevant sequences. Interestingly, 95% of the aragonite-associated protein sequences were found to contain at least one occurrence of amyloid-like or cross-\u03b2 strand aggregation-prone supersecondary motifs, and this correlates with known aggregation and aragonite formation functions in three experimentally tested protein sequences. Collectively, our findings indicate that aragonite-associated proteins have evolved signature sequence traits of intrinsic disorder and aggregation-prone regions that are important for their role(s) in matrix assembly and mineralization.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0jse1@nyu.edu<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Supplementary information: \u00a0Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/bts604","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,12]],"date-time":"2012-10-12T00:24:35Z","timestamp":1350001475000},"page":"3182-3185","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":63,"title":["Aragonite-associated biomineralization proteins are disordered and contain interactive motifs"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"John Spencer","family":"Evans","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory for Chemical Physics, Department of Basic Sciences and Craniofacial Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023012513243866800_bts604-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4211","DOI":"10.1021\/cg100363m","article-title":"The N- and C-terminal regions of the pearl-associated EF Hand protein, PFMG1, promote the formation of the aragonite polymorph in vitro","volume":"10","author":"Amos","year":"2010","journal-title":"Cryst. 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