Phosvitin

Phosvitin structure adapted from vitellogenin AlphaFold (AF-P02845-F1; residues 1112-1328) with serine residues highlighted in red. Visualized using ChimeraX.

Phosvitin is one of the egg (commonly hen's egg) yolk[1][2] phosphoproteins known for being the most phosphorylated protein found in nature.[3][4][5] Phosvitin isolation was first described by Mecham and Olcott in the year 1949.[3][6] Recently it has been shown that phosvitin orchestrates nucleation and growth of biomimetic bone like apatite.[7]

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  2. ^ Clark, Richard C. (1980). "Relative and total abundance of constituent phosphoproteins from hen phosvitin in egg yolk". International Journal of Biochemistry. 12 (4): 651–653. doi:10.1016/0020-711x(80)90021-x. PMID 7428998.
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  4. ^ Taborsky, George (1963). "Interaction Between Phosvitin and Iron and Its Effect on a Rearrangement of Phosvitin Structure". Biochemistry. 2 (2): 266–271. doi:10.1021/bi00902a010. PMID 13980103.
  5. ^ Jung, Samooel; et al. (Dec 2012). "The functional property of egg yolk phosvitin as a melanogenesis inhibitor". Food Chemistry. 135 (3): 993–998. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.05.113. PMID 22953815.
  6. ^ Allerton, Samuel E.; Perlmank, Gertrude E. (Oct 1965). "Chemical Characterization of the Phosphoprotein Phosvitin". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240 (10): 3892–3898. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)97126-7. PMID 5891575.
  7. ^ Sarem, Melika; Lüdeke, Steffen; Thomann, Ralf; Salavei, Pavel; Zou, Zhaoyong; Habraken, Wouter; Masic, Admir; Shastri, V. Prasad (2017-07-17). "Disordered Conformation with Low Pii Helix in Phosphoproteins Orchestrates Biomimetic Apatite Formation". Advanced Materials. 29 (35): 1701629. Bibcode:2017AdM....2901629S. doi:10.1002/adma.201701629. ISSN 0935-9648. PMID 28714191.