#10830 NTR:organomineral extracellular matrix

[Jim Hu]

is_a GO:0031012 ! extracellular matrix

possible def: An extracellular matrix consisting of a densely packed organomineral assembly in which the mineral phase represents the majority of the material by weight.

http://www.jbc.org/content/280/40/33895.full

This component term is to go with GO:0031215 ! shell calcification, but may also be useful for annotations involving bone and eggshell proteins.

[Paola Roncaglia]

Hi Jim, here's the new term:

[Term]
id: GO:1990377
name: organomineral extracellular matrix
namespace: cellular_component
def: "An extracellular matrix consisting of a densely packed organomineral assembly in which the mineral phase represents the majority of the material by weight." [GOC:jh2, PMID:15994301]
comment: An example is found in shell calcitic prisms of the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis (PMID:15994301), but the term may also be useful to annotate bone and eggshell proteins.
is_a: GO:0031012 ! extracellular matrix

Thanks,
Paola