Golokhvast K.S., Seryodkin I.V., Bulakh E.M., Chaika V.V., Zakharenko A.M., Kholodov A.S., Pamitsky I.E., Chung G.
В журнале Botanica Pacifica: a journal of plant science and conservation
Год: 2018 Том: 7 Номер: 1 Страницы: 63-70
The process of biomineralization in fungi is discussed for the first time. The results of a comprehensive study of fungal phytoliths (mycoliths) using optical microscopy and RAMAN spectroscopy are presented. The RAMAN spectrum contains bands of crystalline silicon dioxide and amorphous silica. In all types of fungi and trees examined, two morphotypes of phytolite particles were identified with an aid of microscope, oblong and spherical. The rest of the particles were considered formless. To explain the mechanisms of biosilification, a bioinomatic analysis of biosilicon proteins homologues (silicateins, silacidins, silaffins, silicon transporters, silicase) in annotated fungal proteomes was carried out by in silico technique. The paper shows proteins of fungi, which can potentially participate in the formation of mycoliths.
