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The efficiency of dentin sialoprotein-phosphophoryn processing is affected by mutations both flanking and distant from the cleavage site.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 22 Feb 2013
Yang Robert T, Lim Glendale L, Dong Zhihong, Lee Arthur M, Yee Colin T, Fuller Robert S, Ritchie Helena H
Abstract excerpt
Normal dentin mineralization requires two highly acidic proteins, dentin sialoprotein (DSP) and phosphophoryn (PP). DSP and PP are synthesized as part of a single secreted precursor, DSP-PP, which is conserved in marsupial and placental mammals. Using a baculovirus expression system, we previously found that DSP-PP is accurately cleaved into DSP and PP after secretion into medium by an endogenous, secreted,...
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