RNA interference showed that PmTyr-4 participated in nacreous-layer formation. The recombinant protein of PmTyr-4 (rPmTyr-4) inhibited the calcium carbonate precipitation rate. Correspondingly, ...
Warm-water coral reefs, for example, occupy shallow sunlit, warm, and alkaline waters in order to grow and calcify at the high rates necessary to build and maintain their calcium carbonate structures.