This protein is formed for a short time during amelogenesis. The function of tuftelins is under contention, but it is proposed that it acts to start the mineralization process of enamel during tooth development.[3][4]
↑ 2.02.1Deutsch D, Palmon A, Young MF, Selig S, Kearns WG, Fisher LW (July 1994). "Mapping of the human tuftelin (TUFT1) gene to chromosome 1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization". Mamm. Genome. 5 (7): 461–2. doi:10.1007/BF00357011. PMID7919663.
↑Paine, C T; Paine M L; Luo W; Okamoto C T; Lyngstadaas S P; Snead M L (July 2000). "A tuftelin-interacting protein (TIP39) localizes to the apical secretory pole of mouse ameloblasts". J. Biol. Chem. UNITED STATES. 275 (29): 22284–92. doi:10.1074/jbc.M000118200. ISSN0021-9258. PMID10806191.
Further reading
Deutsch D, Leiser Y, Shay B, et al. (2003). "The human tuftelin gene and the expression of tuftelin in mineralizing and nonmineralizing tissues". Connect. Tissue Res. 43 (2–3): 425–34. doi:10.1080/03008200290001186. PMID12489194.
Deutsch D, Palmon A, Young MF, et al. (1994). "Mapping of the human tuftelin (TUFT1) gene to chromosome 1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization". Mamm. Genome. 5 (7): 461–2. doi:10.1007/BF00357011. PMID7919663.
Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID8125298.
Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID9373149.
Paine CT, Paine ML, Luo W, et al. (2000). "A tuftelin-interacting protein (TIP39) localizes to the apical secretory pole of mouse ameloblasts". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (29): 22284–92. doi:10.1074/jbc.M000118200. PMID10806191.
Bashir MM, Abrams WR, Tucker T, et al. (2000). "Molecular cloning and characterization of the bovine and human tuftelin genes". Connect. Tissue Res. 39 (1–3): 13–24, discussion 63–7. doi:10.3109/03008209809023908. PMID11062985.
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID14702039.
Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE, et al. (2006). "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1". Nature. 441 (7091): 315–21. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID16710414.