Proteomic analysis of skeletal organic matrix from the stony coral Stylophora pistillata

It has long been recognized that a suite of proteins exists in coral skeletons that is critical for the oriented precipitation of calcium carbonate crystals, yet these proteins remain poorly characterized. Using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of proteins extracted from the cell-free skeleton of the hermatypic coral, Stylophora pistillata , combined with a draft genome assembly from the cnidarian host cells of the same...