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Botanica Pacifica. A journal of plant science and conservation Preprint
Article first published online: 11 APR 2018 | DOI: 10.17581/bp.2018.07102

Mycolith (fungal phytolith) morphotypes and biosilification of proteins in wood-destroying and pileate fungi

Kirill S. Golokhvast1,2, Ivan V. Seryodkin1,2, Eugenia M. Bulakh 3, V.V. Chaika1, A.M. Zakharenko 1, A.S. Kholodov1, I.E. Pamirsky1 & G. Chung4

1 Engineering School, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
2 Pacific Geographical Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
3 Federal Scientific Center for the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
4 Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Chonnam, Republic of Korea

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.


Голохваст К.С., Середкин И.В., Булах Е.М., Чайка В.В., Захаренко А.М., Холодов А.С., Памирский И.Е., Чунг Ж. Морфотипы миколитов (грибных фитолитов) и биосилификация белков в грибах, разрушающих древесину. Впервые комплексно обсуждается процесс биоминерализации у грибов. Приводятся результаты комплексного изучения фитолитов грибов (миколитов) методами оптической микроскопии и RAMAN-спектроскопии. RAMAN-спектр содержит полосы кристаллического диоксида кремния и аморфного кремнезема. Во всех видах исследованных грибов и деревьев микроскопически установлены два морфотипа частиц фитолитов: продолговатые и шарообразные. Остальные частицы были бесформенные. Для объяснения механизмов был произведен биоинофрмационный анализ гомологов белков биосилификации (силикатеинов, силацидинов, силаффинов, транспортеров кремния, силиказы) в аннотированных протеомах грибов методом in silico. В работе показаны белки грибов, которые могут потенциально участвовать в процессе формирования миколитов.

Keywords: fungi, mycolith, phytolith, biomineralization proteins, грибы, миколиты, фитолиты, биоминерализующие белки

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