A new paper on the chitin and mineral interaction with one peptides that is part of the protein Lustrin-A, found in the organic membranes of nacre, has been published in Journal of Structural Biology: Elena Macías-Sánchez, Yumeida Meruvia-Rojas, Julyan Cartwright, Antonio Checa, Ignacio Sainz-Díaz*.
Modelling components of nacre structure in silico: Interactions of a nacre peptide withchitin and an aragonite surface. Journal of Structural Biology 217, 108165 (2025).