2024
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59025-3
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Enzymatic phosphatization of fish scales—a pathway for fish fossilization

Fabian Gäb,
Gabriele Bierbaum,
Richard Wirth
et al.

Abstract: Phosphatized fish fossils occur in various locations worldwide. Although these fossils have been intensively studied over the past decades they remain a matter of ongoing research. The mechanism of the permineralization reaction itself remains still debated in the community. The mineralization in apatite of a whole fish requires a substantial amount of phosphate which is scarce in seawater, so the origin of the excess is unknown. Previous research has shown that alkaline phosphatase, a ubiquitous enzyme, can i… Show more

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