Enamelin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ENAMgene.[1][2]
Dental enamel is a highly mineralized tissue with 85% of its volume occupied by unusually large, highly organized, hydroxyapatite crystals. This highly organized and unusual structure is thought to be rigorously controlled in ameloblasts through the interaction of a number of organic matrix molecules that include enamelin, amelogenin (AMELX; MIM 300391), ameloblastin (AMBN; MIM 601259), tuftelin (TUFT1; MIM 600087), dentine sialophosphoprotein (DSPP; MIM 125485), and a variety of enzymes. Enamelin is the largest protein in the enamel matrix of developing teeth and comprises approximately 5% of total enamel matrix protein.[supplied by OMIM][2]
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Further reading
Gutierrez SJ, Chaves M, Torres DM, Briceño I (2007). "Identification of a novel mutation in the enamalin gene in a family with autosomal-dominant amelogenesis imperfecta". Arch. Oral Biol. 52 (5): 503–6. doi:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2006.09.014. PMID17316551.
Pavlic A, Petelin M, Battelino T (2007). "Phenotype and enamel ultrastructure characteristics in patients with ENAM gene mutations g.13185-13186insAG and 8344delG". Arch. Oral Biol. 52 (3): 209–17. doi:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2006.10.010. PMID17125728.
Ballif BA, n J, Villé Beausoleil SA, et al. (2005). "Phosphoproteomic analysis of the developing mouse brain". Mol. Cell. Proteomics. 3 (11): 1093–101. doi:10.1074/mcp.M400085-MCP200. PMID15345747.
Hart PS, Michalec MD, Seow WK, et al. (2003). "Identification of the enamelin (g.8344delG) mutation in a new kindred and presentation of a standardized ENAM nomenclature". Arch. Oral Biol. 48 (8): 589–96. doi:10.1016/S0003-9969(03)00114-6. PMID12828988.
Kida M, Ariga T, Shirakawa T, et al. (2002). "Autosomal-dominant hypoplastic form of amelogenesis imperfecta caused by an enamelin gene mutation at the exon-intron boundary". J. Dent. Res. 81 (11): 738–42. doi:10.1177/154405910208101103. PMID12407086.
Rajpar MH, Harley K, Laing C, et al. (2001). "Mutation of the gene encoding the enamel-specific protein, enamelin, causes autosomal-dominant amelogenesis imperfecta". Hum. Mol. Genet. 10 (16): 1673–7. doi:10.1093/hmg/10.16.1673. PMID11487571.
Dong J, Gu TT, Simmons D, MacDougall M (2001). "Enamelin maps to human chromosome 4q21 within the autosomal dominant amelogenesis imperfecta locus". Eur. J. Oral Sci. 108 (5): 353–8. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0722.2000.108005353.x. PMID11037750.
Hu CC, Hart TC, Dupont BR, et al. (2000). "Cloning human enamelin cDNA, chromosomal localization, and analysis of expression during tooth development". J. Dent. Res. 79 (4): 912–9. doi:10.1177/00220345000790040501. PMID10831092.
Forsman K, Lind L, Bäckman B, et al. (1995). "Localization of a gene for autosomal dominant amelogenesis imperfecta (ADAI) to chromosome 4q". Hum. Mol. Genet. 3 (9): 1621–5. doi:10.1093/hmg/3.9.1621. PMID7833920.