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Diapositive 1 - de l'Université libre de Bruxelles

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Chapitre VCHAPITRE VRelative influences of solution composition and presence of intracrystalline proteinson magnesium incorporation in calcium carbonate minerals: insight into the vitaleffectsJulie Hermans 1&2 , Luc André 3 , Jacques Navez 3 , Philippe Pernet 1 and Philippe Dubois 1∗In preparationABSTRACTBiogenic calcites may contain consi<strong>de</strong>rable magnesium concentrations, significantlyhigher than those observed in inorganic calcites. Control of ion concentrations in thecalcifying space by transport systems and properties of the organic matrix ofmineralization are probably involved in the incorporation of high magnesium quantities.However, the relative effects of the magnesium and organic matrix concentrations in theprecipitation solution on magnesium incorporation into calcite have never beenquantified. In the present study, we performed in vitro precipitation experiments atdifferent Mg/Ca ratios in the solution (Mg/Ca solution ranging from 1:1 to 5:1) in presenceof soluble organic matrix macromolecules (SOM), extracted from sea urchin tests andspines, whose skeletal magnesium concentrations are respectively 9.8 and 3.4 mol%MgCO 3 . Amino acid analyses showed that test SOM were richer in Asx and Gly. HR-ICP-MS measurements of the precipitated minerals showed that, at a constanttemperature, the magnesium incorporation is mainly <strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt on the Mg/Ca solution ratio.However, a significant increase in magnesium incorporation was observed in presence ofSOM compared with control experiments. Furthermore, test SOM induced a higherincrease than spine SOM. We suggested that this specificity could be linked to the relativeabundance of aspartic acid rich proteins in the amino acid assemblage. Proteinconcentration also influenced the magnesium concentrations in the in vitro precipitatedminerals. According to SEM observations, amorphous calcium carbonate was precipitatedat high Mg/Ca solution . The observed predominant effect of Mg/Ca solution , probably mediated∗ 1Marine Biology Laboratory (CP 160/15), Université <strong>libre</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Bruxelles</strong>, 50 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050, Belgium2Department of Invertebrates, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Rue Vautier, B-1000, Belgium3 Section of Petrography-Mineralogy-Geochemisty, Royal Museum of Central Africa, 13 Leuvenstesteenweg, B-3080 Tervuren,Belgium93

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