A deep-sea hydrothermal vent worm detoxifies arsenic and sulfur by intracellular biomineralization of orpiment (As2S3)
Fig 7
Analysis of the key genes involved in Paralvinella hessleri orpiment biomineralization.
A: Proteins identified in three P. hessleri yellow granules samples. B: Gene ontology cellular component classification (GO CC) of P. hessleri yellow granule proteome. C: Subcellular locations analysis of P. hessleri yellow granule proteome. D: Top 5 most abundantly expressed membrane proteins in the P. hessleri yellow granule proteome. E: Immuno-histochemistry analysis of the 001332F.4 Multidrug resistance-associated protein. F: Sequence alignment analysis of two P. hessleri intracellular hemoglobins. G: Fluorescent in situ hybridization analysis of gene encoding P. hessleri Intracellular hemoglobin 1 (iHem-1, 000092F.85) in the branchial apparatus. H: Fluorescent in situ hybridization analysis of gene encoding P. hessleri Intracellular hemoglobin 2 (iHem-2, 000481F.41) in the H’ branchial apparatus and H” body wall of the P. hessleri.