Amino Acids and Proteins in Fossil Biominerals

Amino Acids and Proteins in Fossil Biominerals

An Introduction for Archaeologists and Palaeontologists

Demarchi, Beatrice

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

07/2020

144

Dura

Inglês

9781119089445

15 a 20 dias

458

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Preface vii

Acknowledgements ix

1 Biominerals and the Fossil Record 1

Why Study Old Biominerals? 1

What are Biominerals? 4

How and Why are Biominerals Formed? 5

'Biomineralization Toolkit': From Proteins to Proteomes 8

Fossil Biominerals, Fossil Proteomes 12

References 16

2 Mechanisms of Degradation and Survival 23

Introduction 23

Hydrolysis 27

Racemization 31

Decomposition and Other Diagenesis-induced Modifications 35

References 38

3 Proteins in Fossil Biominerals 43

Bone and Other Collagen-based Hard Tissues 43

Tooth 45

Eggshell 47

Mollusc Shell 51

Other Substrates 57

References 63

4 Chiral Amino Acids: Geochronology and Other Applications 71

Dating the Quaternary (Pleistocene and Holocene) 71

Principles of AAR Dating 76

Measuring D/L Values 78

Factors Affecting D/L Values 82

Aminostratigraphy 87

Aminochronology 92

Palaeothermometry 97

Testing the Suitability of Biominerals for Geochemical Analyses 98

Taxonomic Identification 99

Appendix: Practical Tips on How to Plan and Conduct an AAR Study 100

References 104

5 Ancient Protein Sequences 113

Ancient Protein Analysis by Mass Spectrometry 113

Ancient Proteins: Past and Future 120

References 122

Index 127
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study old biominerals; biominerals; practical tips; proteins; degradation; geochronology; quaternary; pleistocene; holocene; suitability; plan; conduct